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Estimation of virtual water use in Brazilian exports from 2003 to 2014
(Assoc Brasileira Engenharia Sanitaria Ambiental, 2019-11-01)
The Virtual Water concept has long been used as an important indicator of water consumption, increasingly being accepted in the literature, becoming the embedded water in the production of a good or service. In order to ...
Exploring the water-energy nexus in Brazil: the electricity use for water supply
(Elsevier B.V., 2015-06-01)
The present work evaluates the electricity use for the water production and supply in Brazil. Five categories of indicators were proposed, that is, per capita, water losses, energy, greenhouse gases (GHGs) and financial/economic, ...
Domestic Uses of Water
(Springer, 2021)
Since many years ago, Chile has made several efforts and reforms to provide drinking water for domestic uses, and has become a success story and example for urban settings in Latin America. Although the coverage of drinking ...
PANORAMA OF THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURSES IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE, BRASIL
(Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho, 2016-01-01)
The availability and the different uses of water resources in the State of Rio Grande do Norte (RN) have problems related to water management. This is due to its semi-arid conditions, geographical and physical state ...
Assessment of the Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Water Pasteurization Indicators to Increase Access to Safe Drinking Water in the Peruvian Amazon.
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)
Approximately two billion people lack access to microbiologically safe drinking water globally. Boiling is the most popular household water treatment method and significantly reduces diarrheal disease, but is often practiced ...
An assessment of drinking water contamination with Helicobacter pylori in Lima, Peru
(Wiley, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is a gut bacterium that is the primary cause of gastric cancer. H. pylori infection has been consistently associated with lack of access to sanitation and clean drinking water. In this study, ...
Use of the HDS system (hydric depuration with soils) associated to other constructed wetlands techniques for public water supply
(1999-10-19)
Two projects of water treatment for public water supply were developed and operated by using combined systems of constructed wetlands. One of the projects was carried out in the town of Analandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil and ...