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5. Consequences of reducing water use in paper mills
The regulatory landscape is therefore evolving towards encouraging users to make better use of water resources. Industry, and in particular the paper industry, is largely concerned by this water policy, which encourages sites to aim for minimum water consumption and reduced impact of discharges into the natural environment.
5.1 Benefits of reducing water use in paper mills
The advantages are as follows:
economic benefits: while the major economic benefit in the 1960s was the saving of raw materials, today it is the reduction in costs due to the lower volume of water used (pumping, clean water treatment and effluent treatment costs), combined with a reduction in energy requirements;
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Bibliography
Websites
Guides for the implementation of self-monitoring and "Regular discharge monitoring". http://www.pays-de-la-loire.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/vade-mecum_autosurveillance_cle2c557f.pdf
Standards and norms
- Water quality: determination of suspended solids – Glass fiber filtration method - NF EN 872 AFNOR -
- Qualité de l'eau : détermination de la demande chimique en oxygène (DCO) - NF T 90-101 AFNOR -
- Qualité de l'eau : détermination de la demande biologique en oxygène après 5 jours (DBO5) - NF EN 1899-1 AFNOR -
- Water quality – Kjeldahl nitrogen determination – Method after selenium mineralization...
Regulations
Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions, known as the "IED Directive".
Directive 2008/1/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC).
Decree of April 3, 2000 concerning the paper industry.
Circular dated May 16, 2007: updating of prefectoral decrees authorizing the operation of installations covered by headings 2430 and/or 2440...
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