Sentences with phrase «wasted water costs»

The World Bank estimates that wasted water costs utilities $ 14 billion a year worldwide, Fast Company notes.

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That means making sure prices cover not only the direct costs of supplying energy but also the environmental externalities associated with production and use of fossil fuels — the waste water (which increases a variety of risks), and the broader side effects from vehicle use — congested roads, traffic deaths, and so on.

KO, -0.40 % benefits from wasting less water because it can keep costs down that way.

But this transition should not be burdensome; by establishing production metrics for monitoring waste, as well as electricity consumption, gas consumption, waste water intensity and overall carbon emissions, your sites can identify ongoing efficiencies and potential cost savings for your company to support your bottom line.

«In addition to being good for the environment, reducing our energy costs, water consumption and the amount of waste we discharge helps us offer a more competitive product,» Planter adds.

New engineer - and - build water and waste water treatment and recycling packages are being introduced by CST Wastewater Solutions for industries and municipalities that want to lower the cost and complexity of such projects.

Underperforming open industrial waste water treatment lagoons are on the way out after more than a century, as industry counts the cost of their pollution, odours, leakage, energy wastage and relative inefficiency in fixing the problems they set out to address.

The technology — designed to lower investment, operational and maintenance costs in screening of municipal and industrial waste water with compacting of extracted solids — has also cut the amount of maintenance and waste that has to be handled by plant operators, reducing operational health hazards and improving OHS performance.

In many F&A industries, maintaining high standards of environmental sustainability (e.g. reduced water, energy, waste and land footprint) and animal welfare have already transitioned from being potential differentiators to accepted costs of doing business.

What is required for this to happen, more than anything else, Is not a technology revolution, but a mindset evolution away from old technology that has passed its use - by date, (such as extensive, polluting and smelly lagoons) and outdated attitudes that treat waste water as a cost or even place in which to hide process problems, rather than a resource for recycling and generation of green energy.

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An environmentally friendly and cost - efficient waste water treatment system is being engineered by Australian company CST Wastewater Solutions for smaller, remote and ecologically sensitive community, municipal, agribusiness and industrial applications throughout the Asia - Pacific.

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The law requires any industry that discharges wastes into a public water supply to pay their pro rata share of treatment cost.

Sustainability Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, Ga.) The University's 5,000 guest / day dining operation incorporates a comprehensive, closed - loop waste management program through a variety of efforts including a robust organic «Farm - to - Campus - to - Farm» program, water reclamation, aerobic digestion, composting / recycling programs, oil - to - biodiesel conversion and more to significantly reduce costs, minimize environmental impact and qualify the facility for a gold LEED certification.

Those little cards may seem like token environmentalism, but they can actually result in significant water, waste and cost reductions.

But such reactors still require the same electricity - generating, safety, and waste disposal systems as the hulking light - water reactors presently being built as well as identical rigorous licensing requirements, at least in the U.S. — and that may cost them.

A 50-fold increase would be required to make an important difference, which would imply significant capital and energy costs, and it would generate waste water that would need to be disposed of safely.

At the moment ALMANAC focuses on collecting data and on integrating existing waste management and water management applications, because here pollution and cost can be significantly reduced without fundamentally altering the existing hardware and software infrastructures.

«Researchers create new low - cost, sustainable material for reducing air and water pollution: A new «green» material made from solid wastes and natural polymers promises better results than activated carbon in adsorbing pollutants in wastewater and air.»

He describes how urban centers can help us reduce and reuse waste heat, water and materials, creating revenue and lowering costs.

Evaporation from overwatered lawns cost the city of Los Angeles 70 billion gallons of wasted water a year.

Swackhamer is impressed by some ways that corporations now acknowledge and tackle water - related issues, although it initially costs more to use «smarter» technology for manufacturing products and recycling waste.

There is no net energy cost, the only waste products are silica and water, and the CO2 is stuck in a mineral phase that should be stable on the timescale of civilization.

In creating fuels from agricultural waste and other biomass, water slows a solid acid catalyst's ability to get the job done, costing time and energy.

Current prices for conventionally grown foods do not reflect the costs of federal subsidies to conventional agriculture, the cost of contaminated drinking water, loss of wildlife habitat and soil erosion, or the cost of the disposal and clean up of hazardous wastes generated by the manufacturing of pesticides.

According to the study, the benefits include energy and water savings, reduction in costs associated with wastes and emissions, and reduced cases of student asthma and other illnesses.

Water2business customer Jon Mortimer, Estates Bursar at Bryanston School, Dorset, said that working with the company to manage their water supply has had a «demonstrable» impact on the institution's waste and costs — not least with the initial audit identifying a number of below ground leaks.

The heat exchangers extract energy from the waste water and the warm, humid water vapour inside the machine and use it to heat up the incoming cold water supply, reducing energy costs by up to 10 %.

The sewerage costs are higher than everyday water use (eg, showers) because of the processing involved in pumping waste water out of your home.

Leaks that occur outside of the home can cause damage to the foundation and also cost you hundreds of dollars every year in wasted water.

Additional costs for electricity, water, and waste disposal will be more than an indoor breeder.

In 2010 alone, Hilton Worldwide saved more than $ 74 million in utility costs through a 6.6 percent reduction of energy use; 7.8 percent reduction of carbon output; 19 percent reduction of waste output; and 3.8 percent reduction of water use.

This would include costs like storing and monitoring nuclear waste indefinitely, CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by fossil fuels, nitrous oxides and sulfur oxides from coal degrading the environment through acid rain, maintaining a large military to protect our oil supply lines from the middle east, pollutants entering water supplies from solar panel manufacture, pollutants generated by drilling for gas, etc., etc..

Lower fixed costs, steeper price tiers, and seasonal pricing could go a long way to charging heavy residential users and discouraging water waste without hurting responsible residents.

Biofuels waste energy (transportation costs, drying) and water (cf. corn ethanol).

C. However, most home owners are now considering going to the Point of Use water heating units which removes the waste of energy and reduces the cost of additional plumbing.

During the two - week challenge, more than 3,200 employees around the globe saved more than 109,300 gallons of water, equivalent to five swimming pools; eliminated more than 10,769 disposable cups from landfills; avoided nearly 400 pounds of food waste from entering the landfills; and replaced 1,245 bulbs, saving over $ 17,000 in energy costs.

While this is more expensive than the current cost of market power at $ 32 / MWh, solar has no fuel costs, no risk of fuel cost increases, and no water or air pollution, coal ash clean - up, or nuclear waste costs.

, solar has no fuel costs, no risk of fuel cost increases, and no water or air pollution, coal ash clean - up, or nuclear waste costs.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local vawaste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; 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In addition, the transition of coal to geothermal takes advantage of existing infrastructure, means zero emissions with very low cost to operate, can help manage waste water and saves jobs in moving to a more sustainable future.

The monetary cost of turning our societal waste into potable usable water is astonishing.

The United States should continue research and development on nuclear power technologies that do not entail reprocessing, with a focus on enhancing safety, security, and waste disposal, and reducing water use and cost.

Wasted food has a hidden cost: wasted Wasted food has a hidden cost: wasted wasted water.

In areas of infrequent use, consider tankless water heaters to reduce standby storage costs and waste.

There are few waste treatment plants and the cost of transporting disposal water from the well may add $ 250,000 to the cost (Tudor, Pickering and Holt, 2009).

Have you any idea of the cost of getting water to desert areas (sea water or municipal waste water)?

if we deregulate industry (if you deregulate one then you will have to deregulate them all) then the waste collection business up the road will dispose of their sludge down the gutters into the storm water drains, the coffee business in the next row will not replace their odour filters and the whole area will reak of burnt coffee all day, the tyre business around the corner will dump their tyres in the nearby bushland, some of the hardup businesses in the area will hookup to the power lines with with uncontrolled connections and we will start to get brown outs at various times in the day, The lead and tin foundry a block away won't bother controlling the lead oxide spewing out of their chimney stack, nearby housing developments will all use open fires in winter to save on energy costs and start hacking trees out of the world heritage national park here.

Have you any idea of the cost of flooding desert areas with sea water or municipal waste water?