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In planet Earth, the volume of
salt water found in oceans and seas
is about 97.5%; the other 2.493%
is fresh, but they are found in
glaciers or underneath the earth
surface, in aquifers, and it is
difficult to access them. Only 0.007%
of freshwater is found in rivers,
lakes and in the atmosphere - the
easy access water to human being.
Brazil has 11.16% of surface freshwater
in the World and 70% of this amount
is at Amazon. The other 30% are
distributed throughout the country.
In Brazil's Mid-west area there
are 15.7% of this water resource.
The growing of water needed by the
population concentration and the
water disponibility in certain areas
demands to plan how to use this
water. Based on these points some
statistical methods were used as
models of regression and timing
series, taking Holt-Winters Methodology
as a basic tool to model the water
consumption withing coming decades.
Keywords: Statistical Model, Water
Consumption, Timing Series, Holt-Winters.
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