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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1680-0338</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ing. hidrául. ambient.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1680-0338</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Investigaciones Hidráulicas (CIH). Facultad de Ingeniería Civil. Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana "José A. Hecheverría" CUJAE]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1680-03382022000100092</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Demanda de agua urbana: acueducto Metropolitano de Mérida. Algunas reflexiones sobre el valor de la demanda]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Urban water demand: Metropolitan Aqueduct of Mérida. Some thoughts about the demand value]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Medina Padilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Montilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Los Andes  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mérida ]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>92</fpage>
<lpage>103</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1680-03382022000100092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1680-03382022000100092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1680-03382022000100092&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La estimación de la demanda de agua para abastecimiento urbano es un procedimiento que puede ser complejo, pero debe tener, en función de lo que se necesite, un gran alto grado de precisión que permita planificar, a diferentes niveles, el buen uso del recurso. Se presenta la aplicación de la Metodología de los Componentes para el caso del acueducto metropolitano de Mérida, Venezuela, haciendo algunas reflexiones que plantean situaciones a tomar en cuenta por los planificadores en las empresas hidrológicas, y a los ingenieros proyectistas en general.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Estimating water demand for urban supply is a procedure that can be complex, but it must have, depending on what is needed, a high degree of precision that allows planning, at different levels, the use of the resource. The application of the Component Methodology for the case of the metropolitan aqueduct of Mérida, Venezuela is presented, making some reflections that pose situations to be taken into account by planners in hydrological companies, and by project engineers in general.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[abastecimiento urbano]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[demanda de agua]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estimación de demanda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[método de los componentes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[planificación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[urban supply]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[water demand]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[demand forecasting]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[component methodology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[planning]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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