30/09/08
Water industry investment in both time and effort to understand, measure and manage its carbon footprint is already delivering real benefits.
Among them are the consistent and agreed approach to accounting, and carbon embedded into decisions about investment.
But carbon accounting is still a young and rapidly evolving area. The industry works with the information that is available and aims to update its tools and frameworks when new or better information comes along.
Chemicals are a good example. Each year the water industry uses around 800,000 tonnes of chemicals for water and wastewater treatment. These products embody a great deal of carbon in their manufacture, yet information on them is at best sparse. It is important that the water industry, and other users, have data available to make sustainable decisions for the long-term.
Contact: Bruce Horton
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