Forest Plantations and Water Consumption: A Strategy for Hydrosolidarity

Table 1

Summarized results of the analysis of rainfall-storm flow of selected hydrographs for the period prior to the clear felling of the old Eucalyptus plantation (Mature forest) and after the clear felling (Young plantation).

		Precipitation (mm)	Ratio (%)
7 yr old	Jan/03/2008	21.1	1.5
	Jan/17/2008	12.2	1.2
	Jan/19/2008	34.0	17.5
	Feb/03/2008	30.0	16.4
	Average	24.3	9.1
Young plantation	Jan/28/2009	21.6	31.7
	Mar/11/2009	16.2	10.8
	Apr/05/2009	32.8	10.7
	Jun/27/2009	16.8	2.5
	Average	21.8	13.9