Development of an Integrated Water Management Model to Reduce Water Wastage

Abstract

The increasing water demand, due to the pharmaceutical companies, agricultural and other socio-economic sectors, threatens groundwater resources. This situation represents a limiting factor and it may result in conflicts between water users. This raises the demand for an integrated water resources management. This methodology consisted in carrying out water balances between resources and demands for the current year and for the next 10 years; identifying, and modelling solutions for reducing water deficit (water management options). All these steps involved collecting data, which was performed through literature reviews, measurements, surveys, socio-economic and technical studies, and the obtained results may support decision makers in improving water managementKey Terms – integrated water resources management, pharmaceuticals.