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COMMENTS
Power cables
Water consumption per tonne of production has declined by
14%, while total consumption fell by 10%.
In addition to basic repairs to pipes, this result was aided by
a number of initiatives:
• a Chinese factory has renewed its water recycling
system, focusing in particular on increasing pipe
diameter so that a larger volume of water can be
recycled for production purposes.
• a US factory has installed a pump for the recycling
of water from one line to another, thereby reducing
overall consumption (previously each line had its own,
separate water supply).
• starting from the total metered quantity, one factory
isolated the part not attributable to the Prysmian site
(given that the meter is shared with other users).
Accessories
Total water consumption has increased by 15%.
Telecom Cables
Water consumption per km of production has declined by
23%, in line with the fall in total consumption.
In addition to the maintenance of pipes, this reduction was
also due to the closure of an Italian factory that previously
contributed considerably to total consumption.
Optical fibre
Water consumption per km of production has declined by
3.5%, while total consumption increased by just 1.5%.
