Methodological Proposal to Define the Degree of Automation in the Sanitary Industry in Chile to Adapt to Climate Change

Macuada, Claudio J.; Oddershede, Astrid M.; Quezada, Luis E.; Palominos, Pedro

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53651-0_24

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“…The critical categories at each level were identified through the opinions issued by the Expert Panel. The multicriteria approach allows conflicting objectives to be addressed through the use of AHP [13,14,15], which helps to establish criteria and rank user preferences.…”

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Decision Support Model for Raw Water Availability for Purification in a Region in Chile

Oddershede

Macuada

Quezada

et al. 2022

INT J COMPUT COMMUN, Int. J. Comput. Commun. Control

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This article proposes a decision model to identify the most sustainable solution(s) to ensure the availability of raw water to be subsequently treated to be converted into drinking water as a consequence of the climate change scenario, particularly the drought currently experienced by the Metropolitan Region in Chile, derived from the technical and regulatory requirements associated with the availability of water resources from its capture to its drink ability to meet the future demand of the region. From the perspective of drought, the solution must provide security levels that guarantee the availability of raw water is one of the main concerns of the stakeholders. In turn, the need to adapt current regulations regarding raw water sources, as well as community acceptance of some proposals for converting raw water into potable water and climate dependency, involve qualitative as well as technical aspects that may affect the investment and operating costs of the different solutions required to ensure raw water availability. Therefore, through a multi-criteria approach, it is possible to incorporate quantifiable and intangible aspects and to address conflicting objectives. Through a case study, we present a decision model based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process to define and evaluate the most sustainable solution(s) to secure raw water for drinking. This study proposes to integrate technical and qualitative attributes to identify the challenging criteria and the associated linkage to the problem of selecting proposals for the most sustainable solution(s) to secure raw water, being a guide to decide the implementation of the most appropriate solution.

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Decision Support Model for Raw Water Availability for Purification in a Region in Chile

Oddershede

Macuada

Quezada

et al. 2022

INT J COMPUT COMMUN, Int. J. Comput. Commun. Control

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“…Furthermore, at the local level, the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change (Ministry of the Environment, 2014) states that it is necessary to make investments in infrastructure that will make it possible to adopt solutions that will meet society's needs in a context of uncertainty in the face of weather events, and that the State of Chile must consider an appropriate level of investment, especially in the development of infrastructure, incorporating technology to strengthen the water sector and safeguard the impact on productivity, with agriculture expected to be affected by changes in temperature and rainfall. Macuada et al, (2021) proposes a method to determine the most appropriate degree of automation to face climate change for a plant within the health industry through an AHP model.…”

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“…This study is an extension of the work done by Macuada et al (2021). The study refers to the development of a decision model to prioritize investment projects associated with various water storage and distribution and wastewater collection plants, according to their required degree of automation.…”

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Model to Determine the Investment Priority for Telecontrolled Facilities in Sanitary Industry in Chile to Adapt to Climate Change

Macuada¹,

Oddershede²,

Quezada³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process

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This study proposes a methodology to support decision making when determining the order of investment of telecontrolled facilities in the health industry, contemplating the impacts of climate change. The sanitary industry has been constantly concern in providing greater resilience to the supply of drinking water in face of the effects related to climate change by improving its processes; augmenting the coverage, continuity and quality of drinking water and treatment of sewage water in all Chilean cities. This has had a very favorable impact on the population health and has allowed for a great development of tourism and the agrofood industry; all this, with low rates compared to other countries. The water industry is aware that it is necessary to keep up the speed of investments to maintain service levels and to deal in a timely and effective manner with events that involve customers, due to environment situations, climate change and also the operational and human contingencies of companies in the sector. In this sense, the water industry is adopting new technologies for its processes, with the purpose of making them a factor of service improvement. Currently, the Chilean Sanitary Industry is concerned about the degree of automation and infrastructure requirements, since they are the main critical factors for planning future investments. This document emphasizes the development of a decision model applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), to define the order of medium term investments for remote controlled facilities.

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Methodological Proposal to Define the Degree of Automation in the Sanitary Industry in Chile to Adapt to Climate Change

Cited by 2 publications

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Decision Support Model for Raw Water Availability for Purification in a Region in Chile

Decision Support Model for Raw Water Availability for Purification in a Region in Chile

Model to Determine the Investment Priority for Telecontrolled Facilities in Sanitary Industry in Chile to Adapt to Climate Change

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