At Philip Morris Brasil, the input of water into the system in 2019 was around 43,000 m3: 80% from artesian wells; 14% from the public network and 6% from rainwater. The company annually delivers around 24,000 m3 of treated water through its effluent treatment plant. This volume already meets all the requirements of the State Foundation for Environmental Protection of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FEPAM-RS), but it needs to adapt to the necessary parameters to be used in equipment such as cooling towers and boilers, avoiding incrustations and premature wear. For this reason, Philip Morris Brasil is developing an innovative project for the reuse of water in the tobacco industry, through the implementation of an ultra purification system for ETDI water, having the reverse osmosis process as a main reference, which can be combined with other mechanical and/or chemical treatment systems. The water from this reuse, which will be used in the boiler and cooling towers, will reduce the volume of water collected from artesian wells by up to 20%.
