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Shanghai companies enjoy recycled water on tap
May 14, 2013
Shanghai companies enjoy recycled water on tap
Shanghai is promoting the sale of recycled water among corporations as a way to save the resource.
In one trial project, Shanghai Shenmei Beverage & Food Co. Ltd., the local producer of Coca-Cola, will pump its reclaimed water from its factory in the Pudong New Area to Sharp China, which is in the same industrial park.
According to the Shanghai Water Authority, Shenmei’s reclaimed water was produced after purifying the water used to wash beverage bottles. It will be used to flush toilets or as cooling water for Sharp’s air-conditioners. “Reclaimed water is treated wastewater,” said Gui Yi, an official with the water authority, adding that it can be used in landscaping irrigation, to flush toilets and clean streets, or as cooling water for factories rather than flushing it into rivers.”
Shenmei produces about 2,000 cubic meters of reclaimed water every day, and with the new system, 250 cubic meters will be piped to Sharp China. Sharp will pay Shenmei about 50 percent of the tap water price.
“It’s a win-win situation,” Gui said. “For Shenmei, the money can be used to maintain the pipes and pumping system while Sharp reduces its water bill.”
Gu said the system could help the city save 30,000 cubic meters of tap water per year. Of the trial goes well, the plan is to duplicate it at more industrial parks across the city.
Read more at CleanBiz Asia.
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