Saturday, February 28, 2009

Ways for Companies to Shrink Their Environmental Footprint

Water- - how to reduce the foot print:

Nalco’s Chief Technology Officer Dr. Manian Ramesh told attendees at the Water Footprint Summit USA in Miami the many ways companies can reduce their water use and shrink their environmental footprint..

“Water is a crucial component in numerous industrial production processes and in cooling and heating any large facility,” points out Dr. Ramesh. “For more than 80 years, Nalco has been helping customers optimize their water use. With increasing global water scarcity and increasing environmental restrictions, our ability to help those customers reduce water consumption, extend asset life, improve energy efficiency and cut waste helps them address the challenges of sustainable development.”

Dr. Ramesh’s presentation “Profitable Performance with a Smaller Environmental Footprint.” covered several key topics, including:

Measuring, analyzing and understanding your plant water costs
Creating a Base Line: Gathering operational data on water quality, flows and volume usage from water in to water out of your plant /li>
Benchmarking Your Water Usage: Plant to plant, plant to Corporate, Corporate to Industry
Designing the path forward and implementing improvement projects to secure sustainable gains
Nalco technologies bring a number of benefits to customers and the environment–cleaner water, less industrial use of fresh water, energy savings, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and reduction in air pollutants.
The Water Footprint Summit USA provides opportunities for representatives from a variety of industries to learn how to develop water use reduction strategies. Click on the attachment link below to view Dr. Ramesh’s presentation.


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