Water Reuse Case Study: Aquapolo Ambiental Wastewater Reuse Project

The State of São Paulo is the world's seventh most populous urban area and is considered the economic, financial, and technical hub of Brazil. The region contains nearly one-fourth of the country's population but less than 2% of Brazil's water.

The state government, recognizing the importance of safeguarding drinking water for the region's inhabitants, recently issued new regulations to restrict the industrial use of potable water, forcing factories to look for ways to reuse their wastewater, or obtain recycled water from another source.

The Aquapolo Ambiental water reuse venture was created to address these new regulations. Aquapolo is the largest water reuse project in the Southern Hemisphere, and the fifth largest of its kind in the world.

Upon completion, this groundbreaking facility will free up enough drinking water to continuously supply a population of 350,000 inhabitants, with the potential capacity to reach 600,000.