네슬레(Nestle)가 식품 및 애완동물 관련 상품을 생산하고 있는 캘리포니아 전역의 5곳의 물병 공장과 4개의 시설에서 사용하는 물 사용을 줄이기 위한 혁신적인 기술에 투자한다고 밝혔다. 이에 따라 모데스토(Modesto)시에 위치한 네슬레 USA 우유공장을 ‘제로 워터(zero water)’ 공장으로 개조하는 작업이 현재 진행 중이다. 이 플랜트는 운영 과정에서 지역의 어떠한 담수자원도 사용하지 않을 것으로 알려졌다.

 

 

 

Nestle, a multinational food and beverage company, has announced that it is investing in innovative technology to help reduce the amount of water it uses at its five water bottling plants and four facilities in the state of California where food or pet-care products are manufactured.

 

Accordingly, work is currently underway to transform the Nestle USA milk factory in the city of Modesto into a 'zero water' factory, meaning the plant will not use any local freshwater resources for its operations.

 

The project is expected to save nearly 63 million gallons (238,000 cubic meters) of water each year, equivalent to 71 percent of absolute withdrawals in 2014. Around $7 million has been invested in the project, which is due to be completed by the end of 2016. 
 
Nestle has also realized savings of over 26 million gallons (100,000 cubic meters) of water each year at its factories in Bakersfield and Tulare, potentially reducing the plants' annual withdrawals by 12 percent compared to 2014 levels.

 

Likewise, the company's planned investments for conservation measures at its bottling plants in California plants are projected to save 55 million gallons of water (208,000 cubic meters) per year, a reduction of nearly 8 percent compared to 2014 levels.

 

Last year in Mexico, Nestle opened its first 'zero water' plant, which extracts all the water it needs from milk used to manufacture dairy products. Further measures to reduce potential water wastage at these plants are under consideration, and as these are identified, there will be further updates.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 5월 18일]