GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLIED TO WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS: AN INTEGRATIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

Water supply systems are fundamental to socioeconomic development and, consequently, to improving the population's quality of life. Water resource management and sustainable, manageable projects are essential to improving the optimization of these systems. Therefore, the following question arises: what improvements can Geographic Information Systems bring to water supply systems? This study, through an integrative systematic review, seeks to gather studies to determine the impacts of using GIS in water supply systems. The research was conducted in the CAPES and Scielo journal libraries. The results demonstrate that, with the help of GIS tools, indicators can be constructed to better assess the performance of water supply systems. The aim is to evaluate the use of the tool and its organization regarding data spatialization, facilitating the visualization of problems, aiding decision-making within the sanitation utility, and helping to avoid and reduce potential costs.