Mapeando a eficiencia no consumo da auga

The water consumption survey developed by Emapic and the Office for the Environment UDC is an online tool that aims to create the map of water consumption efficiency in Galiza and the world, to increase public awareness and to reduce water spending through more efficient habits and equipment. Using a simple methodology in the registration of homes and public buildings, it makes use of ICTs to improve the learning of concepts for environmental sustainability, promoting responsible consumption habits. Upon completion of the survey, the participant receives information and recommendations for water saving as well as comparability with accumulated data. Active since April 2018, it currently has 150 records, which can refer to a single toilet, e.g. housing, or all the equipment of a public building, e.g. faculty. Thus, it already includes 250 taps and 184 tanks. The results are accessible for free and can be analyzed according to different criteria: average flow rate of taps, type of tanks, existence of information for responsible use, presence of water-saving systems. The tool is especially useful for environmental and social education, at any non-formal and formal educational levels, and for institutional water management. It should also serve to highlight entities that continue introducing inefficient equipment that spills the water that we don t have.