STUDY OF THE VIABILITY OF REUSE OF WATER REJECTED BY THE REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM IN A HEMODIALYSIS SERVICE.
Reuse, Reverse osmosis, Hemodialysis, Reject water.
The water crisis is now a real problem reaching millions of people and has placed water as the center of great discussions and conflicts around the world and, it is well known the growing concern for the preservation of this resource that is essential for the emergence of life and especially maintenance of her. A United Nations (UN) report published in march 2015 states that if nothing is done, the world's water reserves can be reduced by 40 percent by 2030 as a result of the urgent need to improve the management of this resource to ensure supply to the world's population. In hemodialysis, water plays a key role because it is through the reverse osmosis treatment process that the degree of purity required for dialysis is achieved, however, this process wastes a lot of water, generating unnecessary expenses and damages to the environment. This study is a descriptive research with quantitative approach whose main objective is to verify the viability of the reuse of water rejected by the reverse osmosis treatment process in the hemodialysis sector of the Hospital Onofre Lopes - Natal-RN. It is necessary to measure the amount of water discarded in a certain period of time and to perform the physicochemical and microbiological analysis of this water to confirm the practicability of reuse. The study will be useful to assist the hospital management with regard to the sustainable use of water resources, as well as their better reutilization and will also serve as a stimulus and database for new research.