Potencial hídrico da captação de água de chuva em edificações da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.
The science recognizes the water is essentialto the life maintains, because it is a basic element in all live organisms, besides water maintains the environment equilibrium and it is a mainly component in many human activists as well as hygiene, cooking, manufactory production, drinking, etc. The future scarcity of potable water has been a major motivating factor for research alternatives in order to supply the next generation with general necessities as well as to promote the rational use of water. Considering that water is directly correlated to the general population’s quality of life as well as all forms of life species on our planet, it is critical that civil society as well as the government and public institutions look for mechanisms to preserve water. This study proposed evaluating the potentiality to colletrain water in the Agreste’s campus of the Federal University of Pernambuco and the water reuse in restrooms. In order to develop this study, previous data was collected on water consumption on restrooms and monthly water consumption historically on campus. The results demonstrate that a rain water catchment system has a potential to provide more than 63,1% of the total utilized volume in the Agreste’s campus between March and July.