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Precast concrete industry publishes sustainable water policy
British Precast is the trade association for precast concretemanufacturers and members of the supply chain. Themain aims of the federation are to promote precast concrete in the constructionmarket; to disseminate information, through a range of industry representation and by shared knowledge, and to add value to itsmember companies.
In the UK, the impacts of climate change, population growth and land use changewill have a profound effect on howsociety values water aswemove into the later part of the 21st Century. It is vital that industries such as constructionmove to sustainablewater stewardshipmodels and help to ensure secure, safewater supplies for future generations.
Through the efforts of ourmembership and the commitments set out in the British Precast Sustainability Charter, the precast sector has already seen a 40%drop inwater use over the last 10 years.
However,we acknowledgemore can be done, British Precast,with the assistance of our Sustainability and Environmental Committee (SEC) has drafted aWater Policywhich sets out a framework formore of ourmembers to implementwatermanagement policies of
their own.
The British Precast policy focusses on Monitoring,Minimising and Prioritising the use of differentwater sources and protection of the environment through goodwater stewardship.
The document offers an assessment of measurement andmonitoring ofwater consumption andwater handling across
different operationswithin precast factories. Its scope extends beyond the factory gate and suggests areas of guidance and demonstration of good practice in terms ofwider sustainable watermanagement.
The British PrecastWater Policy shares a consistentmessagewith thewiderMineral Products Association (MPA)Water Sustainability Strategy, published in 2017.
Sensors in the Water Industry: The next step to loT Cities, Reports IDTechEx
Sensors in thewater andwastewater treatment industries are an emerging technologymarket area, forecast to growto $2Bn+ in 2030. These sensorswillmake up the wider application of IoT devices in cities, and the hype around themis growing. The sensors required are already in use in other industries, but noware being adopted bywater and wastewater companies at amunicipal level. IDTechEx has analyzed thismarket in its new report “Sensors in theWater andWastewater Treatment Industries 2020-2030”.
What is the industry?
TheWHO said in 2019 that 71%of theworld's population have access to cleanwater. There is a direct impact on the consumer, andmany companiesmustmeet targets and goals set by their country or industry body. However, unlike the oil and gas industry, thewater industry is behindwith its uptake of digitization and in themonitoring of networks inmany countries across the globe.Withwater shortages occurring across some countries – e.g. Cape Town, South Africa in 2018 – there is
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a real need to bettermonitor the usage, supply, and treatment of both supplywater andwaste-water networks. To achieve these goals, thewater industrymust digitize, and use smart sensors across all areas of itswater networks.
Manywater andwastewater networks are currently not digitized. They use analog or slowsystems to collect samples, analyze data, and provide data for companies to use. These results are used tomeet pollution requirements, policy limits, and ensure that
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