A decision model for selecting sustainable drinking water supply and greywater reuse systems for developing communities with a case study in Cimahi, Indonesia

Capacity Factor Analysis is a decision support system for selection of appropriate technologies for municipal sanitation services in developing communities Developing communities are those that lack the capability to provide adequate access to one or more essential services such as water and sanitation to their residents This research developed two elements of Capacity Factor Analysis a capacity factor based classification for technologies using requirements analysis and a matching policy for choosing technology options First, requirements analysis is used to develop a ranking for drinking water supply and greywater reuse technologies Second using the Capacity Factor Analysis approach a matching policy is developed to guide decision makers in selecting the appropriate drinking water supply or greywater reuse technology option for their community Finally a scenario-based Informal hypothesis test is developed to assist in qualitative model validation through case study Capacity Factor Analysis is then applied in Cimahi Indonesia as a form of validation The completed Capacity Factor Analysis model will allow developing communities to select drinking water supply and greywater reuse systems that are safe affordable able to be built and managed by the community using local resources and are amenable to expansion as the community s management capacity Increases (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved