Industrial Water Mass Balance Analysis

Abstract

 Abstract—Industry is demanding ever-greater volumes of water, while at the same time producing wastes and effluents, which in many places taint and damage the quality of this precious resource on which all life depends. The water balance of industrial parks is not well known. This article formalizes a systematic water mass balance framework to quantify water flows into, water flows inside and effluents out of the industrial park. Using the method, Long Thanh industrial park in Dong Nai province, Vietnam was evaluated. The approach makes visible large flows of water that have previously been unaccounted and ignored. In 2012-2014, the industrial parks varied 28 to 53% for water consumption for production, 40 to 45% for effluent discharge. The approach demonstrates how the principles of water balance can help robust water accounting, monitoring, optimum operating and management in industrial park.