Análise de medidas de gestão de demanda de água adotadas em indústria têxtil de Campina Grande - PB.

Abstract

Access to drinking water is one of the most serious problems faced today worldwide, especially in urban centers. In semiarid regions, water availability is very low and the risk of crises is high. In addition, the poor management of this water is also occurring in the areas of urban, agriculture and industrial supply. With the population growth of cities and the growing demand for water for human activities, the efficient use of this resource becomes even more important. The city of Campina GrandePB, located in the Semiarid region of northeastern Brazil, has been facing, since 2012, the largest water crisis in its history, evidencing the need for an efficient management of urban water demand. Many research studies have been conducted in the area of water demand management in the city but few researches are found directly related to the industrial sectors. Fortunately, after coping with successive hydric crises, society is of the importance of the rational use of this resource. Thus, some water demand management measures have been implemented to preserve water in agricultural, industrial and domestic consumption processes. In this work, we sought to present some of these measures adopted by a large textile industry in the city of Campina Grande. The results obtained showed the effectiveness of the water management measures adopted when observing the reduction of water consumption with the implementation of these measures.