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Promoting Water Efficiency in Los Bronces Mining Operation (Project)

Los Bronces continues to mitigate water supply challenges by implementing technical solutions that promote water efficiency and water resilience. Water is transported to the operation via a 56-kilometre pipeline from the Las Tórtolas tailings dam using a special water-recycling system. … Learn More

Minas Rio Operational Water Balance (Project)

The water resources team at Minas Rio developed an operational water balance, hydrological model and simulations to predict water abstraction stoppage periods in the Peixe River during the dry season. The current contingency plan has been implemented comprising the acquisition … Learn More

Rainwater Collection and Infiltration in Cimanggis, Indonesia (Project)

Our site in Cimanggis harvests rainwater and thus built an infiltration well in order to infiltrate collected rain water. In 2016, the site installed a city water connection that functions as alternative water supply. In addition, the water table level … Learn More

Rainwater Collection and Treatment in Parana, Brazil (Project)

Cistern for rain water collection, water recycling treatment plant for toilets vessels of the new administrative building were installed in FY 2015. The new strategy is to use water from disposal of purified water system returning to water tank.We also … Learn More

Irrigation Efficiency in South African Vineyards (Project)

Our viticulture experts engage with supplier farms to advise on improved irrigation scheduling through the use of direct water stress measurements of the vines and alternative vine trellising systems to reduce heat stress and water usage. Improved management practices have … Learn More

Berg-Olifants River Collaborative (Project)

We established a "river collaborative" with other industries and Stellenbosch Municipality, Stellenbosch University and WWF and the water and environmental regulatory authorities with the view of developing an operational plan to improve the water quality. The cost of response is … Learn More

Sustainability Index of Hydrographic Basins (Project)

From 2013 to 2014 Duratex developed the Evaluation of the Sustainability Index of Hydrographic Basins. This study was aimed at assessing the situation of the catchment basins where Duratex industrial units are located, considering aspects related to water, the economy, … Learn More

Aspen Faucet Water Footprint Study (Project)

In 2016, the Deca division kicked off a pilot project, done in conjunction with GVCes (Fundação Getulio Vargas Center for Sustainability Studies), to study the water and carbon footprint of the Aspen faucet, one of the company’s bestselling models in … Learn More

Blue Risk Management Tool (Project)

Electrolux has a process in place, through the Blue Risk Management for all facilities to estimate potential financial impacts in case of disruption of production. If a relative important site in the US, in a risk area, must stop production … Learn More

Flow Augmentation in the Schuklkill River (Project)

Seasonal variations of temperature and river flow rate could potentially limit water intake needed by the Limerick plant. To address these limitations, Exelon collaborated with numerous regulatory agencies and environmental stakeholders to develop a flow augmentation alternative that allows mine … Learn More