Efficient Water Management in SCGP Factories
“Integrated Water Management in Factories for a Sustainable Earth”
Water Shortages: A New Challenge in the Industrial Sector
Issues relating to water management currentlyfaced by the industrial sector is the result of climate change which causes unseasonal rainfall as well as a lack of rainfall at water sources, thus reducing the amount of water in dams. Moreover, with an increased demand in water resources, there is a water shortage risk in the manufacturing process.
Addressing Problems with Integrated Water Management
SCGP understands that the public sector and the industrial sector must join forces to integrate water management programs, from developing a water storage area on the factory grounds, increasing the efficiency of water usage, and reducing the amount of water that is use during manufacturing through these initiatives:
o Improving the efficiency of water filtration machines in the paper manufacturing processto increase the amount of water and pulp that has been processed back into circulation in the paper manufacturing process. Changing the shower equipment, the wire mesh, and the press felt, all of which are tools necessary to form paper, from the stationary type which uses a large amount of water as the spray is stationary and the spray volume is dependent upon the width of the press felt, to the oscillate type with less spray heads that can also move along the width of the press felt, as 25-30% of the water used during the paper manufacturing process goes into this spraying process.o Improving the efficiency of water filtration machines in the paper manufacturing processto increase the amount of water and pulp that has been processed back into circulation in the paper manufacturing process. Changing the shower equipment, the wire mesh, and the press felt, all of which are tools necessary to form paper, from the stationary type which uses a large amount of water as the spray is stationary and the spray volume is dependent upon the width of the press felt, to the oscillate type with less spray heads that can also move along the width of the press felt, as 25-30% of the water used during the paper manufacturing process goes into this spraying process.
Moreover, the factory reuses treated water in various ways in the communities around the factories by installing water pumps and pipes to process treated water to farmers across an area of 3,300 rai surrounding the factories, or about 4.5 million cubic meters of treated water per year.
Initiating Changes for the Earth and Communities
Once the method of production and maintenance process in the factories have been changed, SCGP is able to bring about tangible results that are beneficial to both the environment and the business in these following ways:
o Decreasing the amount of water usage by 1.1 million cubic meters per year due to the improved efficiency of water filtration equipment that is used to process water from the paper manufacturing process (equivalent to 2% of all water usage in 2019 and equivalent to the amount of water usage of 15,000 people)
o Decreasing the amount of water usage by 0.6 million cubic meters per year from changing the wire mesh and the press felt necessary to form paper
o Decreasing costs for farmers in the surrounding areas by approximately 10 million baht from recirculating treated water to these areas
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