Alternative Approach to the Design of Toilets for Optimal Water Consumption

Recent studies and reports by the United Nations Program (UN) according to the environment, reports the water resource is one of the most critical resources. Colombia is made up of 238 municipalities, where 28% of the national territory has water rationing. For example, different countries look for alternatives to work on the improvement of systems for urban prevention and planning in order to create sustainable cities with water quality. The capital of Colombia, Bogotá, has losses of up to 42% of the water according to the studies of the Department of National Planning. Because of this, relevant alternatives are required to achieve the city's water consumption and thus, move towards a smart city model. In Colombian households it is estimated that the average consumption of a household is 10.76 cubic meters of water, strata 4,5 and 6, the areas where there is a greater consumption are in bathrooms and showers, where it is estimated that 40% of household drinking water is spent on sanitary discharges. Due to this, ConIntA research seedbed has worked on the models of affected toilets to meet the needs of the population and the relevant characteristics for the design and invention of a new design of the toilets, where it is proposed to make use of the fundamental physical principle, the vacuum, to handle the discharges together with pressure systems.