Ford has undertaken several projects at its Cuautitlan Stamping and Assembly Plant (CSAP) in Mexico over the past five years, in response to increasing water stress in the area. A reverse osmosis (RO) and ultrafiltration (UF) system has been installed. CSAP has completed a project to use RO water in the cooling towers within the plant. Gray water is purchased from other water users in the area, for use in the facility. The plant has also installed a separate piping system for drinking water, so that it is only used for human consumption and not for manufacturing processes within the plant. CSAP has also replaced the asphalt and parking lots within the plant with ecological concrete, which allows rain to reenter the ground. This recharges the aquifer beneath the plant and helps prevent water scarcity in the city. The plant renovated an area of more than 9,700 square meters with ecological concrete, allowing the absorption of as much as 7.5 million liters of water per year.

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