Water Supply Vol 5 No 3-4 pp 273–279 © IWA Publishing 2005
Improving efficiency in water use and conservation in Spanish hotels
R. Cobacho*, F. Arregui**, J.C. Parra*** and E. Cabrera****
*Institute for Water Technology‐Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, (E-mail: rcobacho@ita.upv.es; farregui@ita.upv.es; juanpato@ita.upv.es; qcabrera@ita.upv.es
**Institute for Water Technology‐Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, (E-mail: rcobacho@ita.upv.es; farregui@ita.upv.es; juanpato@ita.upv.es; qcabrera@ita.upv.es
***Institute for Water Technology‐Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, (E-mail: rcobacho@ita.upv.es; farregui@ita.upv.es; juanpato@ita.upv.es; qcabrera@ita.upv.es
****Institute for Water Technology‐Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, (E-mail: rcobacho@ita.upv.es; farregui@ita.upv.es; juanpato@ita.upv.es; qcabrera@ita.upv.es
ABSTRACT
Hotels are a fundamental component within the tourist Spanish sector, and their role in water management turns out even more relevant taking into account the fact that tourist areas, in which they are generally located, are water scarce. Trying to go further from the standard ratios and estimations to plan water conservation, this work intends to really measure and quantify water use in rooms. Only by doing this, can subsequent conservation actions, now able to be reliably specified for each specific use, achieve a real success. Keywords Hotel; water conservation; metering
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