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Water Conservation

Industrialization

Angela Tran and Madelyn Pedia

January 11, 2019

Overview

Almost every manufactured product uses water during production

Overview

Industrial water uses include fabricating, processing, washing, diluting, and cooling products

Secondary uses include water used for transportation and sanitation needs within the manufacturing facility

Why We Need to Conserve Water

  • Growing population means growing need for manufactured products
  • Industry is the largest consumer of water in the US
  • Unpredictable sources

Growing Needs

  • Associate population growth with need for resources
  • With increased technology
  • We have new goods
  • Growing need for manufactured tech

Growing Needs

Unpredictable Sources

Unpredictable Sources

  • Precipitation and climate change
  • Not necessarily reliable
  • Escalating drought
  • Too much and too little water

Areas of Importance

Areas of Importance

Power Generation and Production

Power production

  • Mining and refinement of fossil fuels requires massive amounts of water
  • Electricity production uses more water than any other industrial area
  • In 2005, about 201,000 million gallons of water were used each day to produce electricity
  • It takes a staggering 95 liters of water to produce one kilowatt-hour of electricity

Food Processing

Food processing

  • Water is routinely used in food production as an ingredient, for cleaning, sanitation and manufacturing purposes

Textile Production

Textile production

  • The textile industry is one of the biggest creators of waste water worldwide
  • A large sum of water is used in "wet processing"
  • Process where textiles are treated and colored while wet
  • It takes 2,900 gallons of water to produce a single pair of jeans

Water Conservation in Industry

Water savings can be achieved in industry through a combination of changing behavior, modifying and/or replacing equipment with water saving equipment to reduce overall water consumption and increase internal reuse.

Benefits

  • Potential for cost savings from reducing water use
  • Optimized water can ensure water security and community relations through sustainable management of water sources that the firm and surrounding communities depend on
  • Socially and environmentally responsible water management can increase marketability of the firm

Benefits of Water Conservation

How to

  • Educate employees
  • Set up water conservation program
  • Have water assessments
  • Set operational goals and changes
  • Modify and use new equipment
  • Reduce and Reuse

How We Should Implement

Methods

Methods

  • Quantify water use through audits
  • Educate employees
  • Use minimal water in cleaning
  • Modify equipment
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle water
  • Reverse osmosis to treat
  • Sewage water treatment

Resources

Resources

https://sswm.info/water-nutrient-cycle/water-use/hardwares/optimisation-water-use-industries/reduce-water-consumption-in-industry

https://www.ppsthane.com/blog/ways-to-save-water-in-industries-2

https://news.thomasnet.com/imt/2012/04/10/down-the-drain-industry-water-use

https://water.usgs.gov/edu/wuin.html

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