Open AccessAssessment of water availability within a heavy industrialized region
Author(s) -
Karla Patrícia Oliveira-Esquerre,
Asher Kiperstok,
Eduardo Cohim,
Ricardo Kalid,
Emerson Andrade Sales,
Mario Cezar Mattos,
Fábio Bensabath Bezerra de Menezes,
L. dos S. Lima,
Samara Silva,
Rodolfo Schubach,
José Anderson do Nascimento Batista
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
linnaeus eco-tech
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2002-8008
DOI - 10.15626/eco-tech.2007.080
Subject(s) - arid , water scarcity , latin americans , reuse , scarcity , water consumption , water resource management , water resources , environmental science , water balance , natural resource , water storage , water use , natural resource economics , balance (ability) , engineering , ecology , economics , waste management , political science , geotechnical engineering , law , inlet , biology , microeconomics , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mechanical engineering
Water conflict and scarcity is a present reality world-wide, For high peak demands,hydrologic limitations required either finding a bigger source or building sufficient storage.This paper provides a well-documented case study of water reuse by proposing alternativeindustrial water harvest at the largest petrochemical complex of Latin America located at theState of Bahia, Brazil. Water balance concepts were used to access the water availability. Theobtained results imply in an averaged natural resources economy of 1,250 m3/h of water,which can be used alternatively to either human consumption or energy generation in Bahia'ssemi-arid regions.