This report offers recommendation on how to integrate water into investment policies, portfolio management, strategic planning and client relationship building. It serves as a stepping-stone for managers just beginning to integrate water risks and opportunities into their thinking, as well as for advanced investors looking to deepen their practices.
Why do I need a water treatment specialist? Wont some equipment from the store work just fine?
When it comes to water treatment there is no turnkey solution that works for all water sources. The water that is supplied changes throughout the planet while also changing with the seasons. So there may be a setup in New York that works really well on their water source but it might not work well in California. Each water treatment system needs to be adjusted for based on the water that will be processed within the...
Long Lake Colony Farm is an 1,800-head swine operation located in Wetonka, South Dakota that uses a 25,000 gallon per day capacity well-water system. Preliminary testing of the system showed elevated bacteria levels in the farm’s water. The water quality also contributed to clogged water lines in the animal drinking system. The bacteria and water line issues resulted in strep problems in the barns, scours outbreaks, lower than expected breeding production, and below ideal animal weight in the farrowing...
When cities produce recycled water and sell it to industries at a good price, it’s a win-win situation
In the United States, industry accounts for 87% of withdrawals of fresh water. Considering this staggering statistic, along with increasingly unpredictable water supplies, it’s no surprise that industries’ investment in water reuse is trending. Companies are both building their own wastewater reuse plants and partnering with municipal water systems.
Municipal water systems already treat...
Around the world, sustained effort will be necessary to ensure adequate supplies
Fresh water is becoming more and more scarce across the globe, and in the absence of adequate countermeasures, the trend is expected to continue in the future. With demand growing and sources dwindling, water scarcity already touches approximately 2.8 billion people from every continent for at least one month a year, and more than 1.2 billion people have no access to clean drinking water.
Shrinking supply and growing demand for...
Freshwater resources are protected as industry begins to put emphasis on sustainability
The mining industry has a great impact on water resources, both depleting water supplies with high usage and polluting them with discharges or seepage from tailings or waste rock impoundments.
To put the scale of industry in perspective, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 4 billion gallons of water were withdrawn for mining operations in the U.S. in 2015, up 1% from 2010. This accounted for 1% of...
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