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Operations in Brazil – total water removed by source1 303-1
Units
Rolim de Moura (RO)
Várzea Grande (MT)
Total volume of water removed
Total volume used (m3)
569,148
807,213
4,827,362
2017
Groundwater collected (m3)
Surface water collected (m3)
569,148
807,213
Total volume used (m3)
571,624.60
841,936.51
4,682,256.00
2016
Groundwater collected (m3)
1,025,803.00
Surface water collected (m3)
571,624.60
841,936.51
3,656,453.00
1,055,716 3,771,646
1. Data for 2017.
2. Operations are still halted at the Campina Verde unit; therefore, there was no consumption to declare.
3. Only the Janaúba unit collects surface water as well as groundwater.
4. In July 2017, the Mirassol D’Oeste unit restarted operations; therefore, volumes shown here are only in reference to the months of July through December.
Uruguay and Paraguay operations – total water removed by source (m3) 303-1
Minerva unit
Uruguay Carrasco
Uruguay Pul
Paraguay Plant 2
Paraguay Plant 8
Total water consumed
Total per unit
545,582
646,836
480,613
418,954
2,091,985
Type of source
Surface Groundwater
545,582 -
646,836 -
429,174
329,120
1,192,418 758,294
Supply company (ESSAP)
-
-
51,439
89,834
141,273
Total water discharge by quality and destination 306-1
2016
For the Barretos units, masonry boxes were constructed to store water for backwashing the Water Treatment Station filters and returning the water for treatment.
For the José Bonifácio unit, a tank was installed for storing water discharged from
the bottom of the boiler.
For the Palmeiras de Goiás unit, a project was created to carry out fertigation, to minimize effluents discharged into a receiving body.
For the Janaúba unit, a water reuse center was designed for water used in the spray bath.
The Araguaína unit maintains fertigation.
Total volume of water discharged
3,979,520.13
Destination
Receiving body for
the following units: Barretos, Campina Verde, Rolim de Moura, José Bonifácio, Palmeiras de Goiás and Várzea Grande.
Municipal Effluent Treatment Station (ETE) – Janaúba.
Fertigation/percolation trench for the Araguaína unit.
Water quality
All units remove at least 60% of BOD, pursuant to current law. Although the Company correctly complies with current law, the average removal of BOD from Minerva Foods units is at around 80%.
Treatment method
All effluents generated by Minerva Foods units go through Wastewater Treatment Stations, including primary and secondary treatment.
Was water reused?
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