OPTINAGUA - Economic and environmental optimization of water use in industrial sectors

DESCRIPTION
The OPTINAGUA tool is based on a methodology that combines economic, energy and environmental aspects. Optinagua technological development is based on well-established and extended existing methodologies such as the “water footprint (WF)”, the “life cycle assessment (LCA)”, the “Water pinch (WP)” and “Physical Hidronomics (PH)”. The end result is the construction of an overall indicator to measure numerically the economic and environmental efficiency of water use in agro-industry, to propose measures to improve process efficiency.
OBJECTIVES
- Vegetables (preserves, jams and sauces, frozen)
- Meat, dairy, beer
- Canned fish and seafood, frozen ready meals, and sugar sector
It also represent a seal of quality differentiating the company from the competitors, incorporating elements of measurement and reference values to compare the production process with the rest of the sector. It also involves a demanding advance for national policy trends.