Prototipo automático de circulación de agua para lavadoras domésticas en Bogotá – 2021.

Abstract

Drinking water should be exclusively for food, however, in homes with connection to an aqueduct, most of them use this resource for different services, such as personal hygiene and garment cleaning, in a particular case the water from the washing machine. This document describes an experiment carried out in a family apartment in the city of Bogotá, whose initial proposal was presented at the XIII Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Fair of the Santo Tomás University, under the name Ecowash. The main objective of this initiative has been to propose an automatic prototype of gray water recirculation for washing machines through the implementation of a home filter, which allows the liquid to be used in a new washing cycle. The home filter is manufactured from plastic bottles and activated carbon, verifying its viability through laboratory tests and subsequent analysis of the removal percentage; The proposal allows reducing both the consumption of drinking water and the cost of the service, in addition, optimizing the water resource by promoting its conservation and fresh water reserves, considering this option and opportunity as a strategy under the circular economy. The laboratory analyzes show favorable results in terms of reducing the pollutant load of more than 50% in parameters such as suspended material, evidencing the viability of the proposal raised from the filter, together with the automatic system, it facilitates the use of residual water, being practical for reduce water consumption.