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Agua Agua e industria La Constancia, saving water for El Salvador

La Constancia, saving water for El Salvador

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Over the last nine years Industrias La Constancia, SABMiller's operation in El Salvador, has made investments in projects that have greatly reduced water usage. Together with an environmental awareness program, these projects have been crucial for the development of production processes that make more efficient use of water.

Some of the ways in which water has been used more efficiently are:

Redesigning the breweries and investing in equipment with that uses water and energy more economically

Improving the sanitation and cleaning processes for equipment and facilities

Utilising cooling towers for recirculating water in refrigeration, pasteurisation and other systems

Certification in environmental management standard ISO 14001:2004, which identified the significant environmental impacts for each brewery.

As a result of these activities, Industrias La Constancia improved their water efficiency by 68% from 11.42 hl/hl in 2001 to 3.65 hl/hl in 2010. It is estimated that over this nine year period more than half a million m3 of water has been saved.

This project has received international recognition. In 2009 it won two awards – it was selected as the best clean production project applied to the industry in El Salvador and as one of the best projects of clean production in the Central American and Caribbean Region.

Fuente: guardian.co.uk