Abstract
The ultimate goal of implementing a program to control the effluent is to promote the reduction of contaminants and the volumetric flow rate / mass loss of the routine operation in the process. In routine management, and in particular the routine’s control of effluents, it seeks to establish general guidelines for the behavior of the shift, set goals regarding environmental aspects, and written procedures that enable standard actions. The Contamination Source Control Program is in a management instrument that reduces the generation of waste, reduces the water requirement of the plant by reducing the use of the watershed basins in the region. This work by reducing the generation of waste is part of efforts to reduce future water supply due to climate change. In application of the chemical industry, the control program at the source is composed of concepts on environmental impacts, application tools such as auditing and management of deviations from the routine, discussion on the overview of climate change and reduction of water supply, discussion about the contamination’s source, losses of materials, and equipment involved. Also are discussed the control plan at the source with the goals, behaviors and tools; description of mapping tools, tracking indexes, deviation analysis, environmental education, and ways to keep the standard of effluent. The practicality of this program is demonstrated in one case applied to the Fertilizer Industry.
