Assessment of water availability within a heavy industrialized region
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15626/Eco-Tech.2007.080Keywords:
Water reuse; Attenuation reservoir; Camayari petrochemical complex.Abstract
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 alternative
industrial water harvest at the largest petrochemical complex of Latin America located at the
State of Bahia, Brazil. Water balance concepts were used to access the water availability. The
obtained 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's
semi-arid regions.
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Copyright (c) 2007 Karla Oliveira-Esquerre, Asher Kiperstok, Eduardo Cohim, Ricardo Kalid, Emerson Sales, Mario Cezar Mattos, Fabio Menezes, Laysa Lima, Samara Silva, Rodolfo Schubach, Jose Batista
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