In the face of increasing water scarcity aggravated by climate change, the rainwater harvesting system is a technique that increases the water supply for various purposes. The objective of this research is to analyse the recent literature published on the rainwater collection system, for which the systematic review method was used. The main form of rainwater catchment are roofs, but the material used is important because it can affect the quality of the water. Some physicochemical parameters of rainwater may be within the standards for human consumption, but it is contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms, which represents a risk to public health if it is consumed without prior treatment, so it is mainly used for irrigation and flushing toilets. However, this system has been implemented mainly in rural areas to satisfy their basic needs, including human consumption, because these places do not have access to the central drinking water system. Given this scenario, treatment technologies are being developed that are easy to operate and maintain, such as solar disinfection and filtration for drinking water purposes. This study provides a global overview progress of research related to the rainwater harvesting system.
This paper expounds the issue about the evolution of the dissolved oxygen concentration in synthetic wastewater with a circular rotary by setting a mathematical model. The mathematical model is based on the Lewis and Whitman relations to transfer oxygen to water, and includes the mechanistic models proposed by Lee, to determine the global oxygen transfer coefficient and the oxygen saturation concentration in water, as a function of the fifth power temperature. For this purpose, historical data from aeration experiments with two types of discs and two levels of COD concentration were compared. The equation allows to include the effect of the variation of the temperature and atmospheric pressure. Finally, through the data obtained, it’s concluded that the estimation error is not affected by the type of disc, the COD concentration of the synthetic wastewater or by the interaction of both, and is less than + - 0.086 mg / L dissolved oxygen.
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