The beef chain in Brazil occupies a prominent position in the context of rural Brazilian economy, occupying large areas of national territory and accounting for the generation of jobs and rent of millions of Brazilians. But with the growth of this activity was accompanied by possible negative environmental impacts that opposes the dynamic balance of sustainability. Thus it was necessary to characterize these negative environmental impacts related to water resources in the stages of the production chain of beef: Cattle and slaughterhouses/ refrigerators.In the research were emphasized water consumption and generation of bovine tailings causing potential pollution of water resources defined in geographical areas of the mesoregions in the stat...