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Waste Not, Want Not:
Why Water Leak Detection Saves Time, Money, And The Planet
With businesses responsible for as much as 40% of total freshwater consumption in regions, facility managers are encouraged to think more strategically about managing resources. Here, Claire Mason, general manager at Waterguard, talks about the benefits that water leak detection can bring to your organisation.
Non-revenue water – or water that fails to make it from the point of source to the end user as a result of theft, leakage, or mismanagement – can have a significant impact on not only water utilities, but organisations of varying shapes and sizes too. According to Water UK, an average 3,113 million litres of water is leaked each day between treatment works and end users. Just to put that into perspective – that’s the staggering equivalent of around 1,245 Olympic swimming pools.
When coupled with the United Nation’s prediction that demand for water will outstrip supply by 40 percent by 2030, this exemplifies the desperate state of the industry and the urgent need for action.
Naturally, businesses are prime suspects when it comes to excess consumption. As well as having more resource demand to meet as a result of having more ‘feet on the ground’, many corporate operations are heavily underpinned by the use of water – whether it’s during production and manufacturing processes, site maintenance, irrigation and growth, or general use in canteens and washroom facilities.
And with organisations using some 20% of the world’s freshwater withdrawals – while consumption reaches as much as 40% in wealthier nations – it comes as no surprise that businesses are similarly responsible for the highest proportion of leaks, thus increasing water usage with no real benefit to operational efficiency, the economy, or planet.
But as the substance that enables all livings things to thrive and develop – from ocean life and nature on land, to the global human population – water sustainability is all the more important.
Now, more than ever, waterscapes and crucial resources are facing an unnerving challenge. Decreasing supply and increasing demand of water – not least in the corporate realm – have significantly stressed global supplies for decades, as the number of people on the planet grows exponentially, aquifers deplete at pace, the threat of extreme weather intensifies, and funding issues continue to plague infrastructure worldwide. And with the climate continuing to face crisis, this pressure is only expected to continue in its surge.
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