But the story does not stop there. Mineralized water is left over after the treatment process. The people have found a way to use this water to create a new source of food and income. In one of the most arid parts of Brazil, they have begun shrimp and fish farming for food and profit.
The rest of the waste water is used to farm coconuts, avocados, mangos, passion fruit, and atriplex from Australia. Atriplex produces a food crop rich in vitamin A. People, goats, chickens, even fish and shrimp all benefit from atriplex cultivation.
