[싱가포르] 하이네켄, 물 재이용 시설 건설

APB(Asia Pacific Breweries)는 매년 물 수요의 10％ 이상을 충족시킬 수 있는 물 재이용시설을 건설 중이다.

 
싱가포르의 The Straits Times에 따르면, 180만 달러 규모의 개발은 건설업자인 Witco Envirotech에 의해 지어지고 결과적으로 연간 6만6천750㎥의 물을 처리할 것이다.

 
타이거 비어(Tiger Beer), 하이네켄(Heineken), 기네스(Guinness)는 APB 싱가포르 현장에서 생산된다.

 
APB의 투자는 지속가능 및 경제적인 이유로 양조장이 전세계적으로 물 발자국을 줄이기 위한 더 넓은 계획의 일부를 형성한다.

하이네켄사는 "우리는 2010년부터 물 관련 위험을 평가해 왔으며 물부족 지역의 23개 양조장에 즉각적인 노력을 기울여 왔다"면서 "2015년 말까지 이러한 20개 지역에서 수원 보호 계획을 완료했다"고 말했다.

 
싱가포르 시설에 대한 기공식에서 APB는 2020년까지 물 소비량을 30％ 줄이겠다고 발표했다.

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HEINEKEN BREWER BUILDS WATER REUSE FACILITY IN TUAS, SINGAPORE

Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is constructing a water reuse facility to help the company meet over 10 percent of its water needs annually.

 
The $1.8 million development is being delivered by contractor Witco Envirotech and will eventually treat 66,750 cubic metres of water per year, according to a report in Singapore source The Straits Times.

 
Tiger Beer, Heineken and Guinness are produced at the site by APB Singapore.

 
The investment from APB forms part of a wider plan by breweries to reduce their water footprints globally, for both sustainability and economic reasons.

 
In its 2015 Sustainability Report, Heineken set out the target to use 3.5 times the amount of water as the final end product produced, or 350 litres per 100 litres (hl), by 2020. This drops to 3.3hl/hl in water-scarce areas.

The company said: “We have been assessing water-related risks since 2010 and focus our immediate efforts on the 23 breweries in water-stressed areas. By the end of 2015, 20 of these sites has completed a Source Water Protection Plan.”

 
At a ground-breaking ceremony for the Singapore facility, APB announced that it plans to reduce its water consumption by 30 percent by 2020.

 
The project has been developed by Singapore national water agency PUB, together with the National University of Singapore and Singapore’s National Research Foundation under its Competitive Research Programme (Water).

 
Samson Wong, managing director of APB, reportedly said: “We hope that with projects like this, we can also inspire ourselves more on this sustainable journey and also our (industry) partners…to also look deeper into their sustainability agenda.”

 
A combination of technologies will be installed to help reuse the brewery effluent, including reverse osmosis membranes. The resulting treated water will be used in onsite processes, including cool towers, irrigation and general washing but not used to produce beer.

The latter is becoming a common move by major brewery companies, wishing to reuse water onsite but not going a further step and reusing the water into the manufactured beer.

However, a San Diego company - Stone Brewery - unveiled Stone Full Circle Pale Ale earlier this year which is made with the city’s recycled “pure water”.

[출처 = Water World / 2017년 8월 7일]