Article | REF: F1450 V1

Controlling water consumption and waste from the food industry

Author: Carole MATHIEU-ANDRÉ

Publication date: March 10, 2000

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1. The benefits of comprehensive water management

1.1 Cost reduction and control

The presumed paradox of reconciling economic development and environmental preservation is now widely accepted as the basis for sustainable development, and is therefore promoted by public authorities and industry alike. It is possible to turn the environment into an asset, a factor in economic development. Water management must therefore be at the heart of production systems, not only to minimize but also to control expenditure.

In order to achieve and maintain technically reliable and financially acceptable treatment solutions for a plant, it is essential to control the flow rates and flows generated in the plant's workshops as much as possible. This will also lead to greater control of manufacturing processes and a reduction...

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