Water Reuse: Why Sustainable Water Management is Important
Key points
Water scarcity is becoming one of the globe's most pressing challenges. As the population of the world grows and ways of life evolve, demand for water is rising in agriculture, industry, and domestic use.
At the same time, most areas are experiencing declining freshwater resources – compounded by climate change and poor water management.
In this paradigm, water reuse is becoming of paramount importance. By enabling sustainable and efficient use of water resources, reuse systems have the potential to significantly reduce environmental stress and make a contribution towards future water security.
Beyond the Conventional Water Management
Conventional water management takes a linear paradigm: clean water is taken out, used and then discharged as wastewater. This approach reinforces pollution and adds additional pressure on natural water supplies.
Water recycling offers a closed-loop. By treating wastewater from homes, agriculture and industry, it can be redirected to a variety of non-potable uses – sparing pressure on finite freshwater sources and helping to reduce environmental footprint.
Water Reuse for Industry and Agriculture
Reuse water can be utilised on irrigation in agriculture. It reduces dependence on freshwater resources, helps maintain groundwater levels and supports food crop cultivation even in water-scarce areas.
In an industrial setting, process water can be treated and recycled in-house. This improves operational effectiveness and maximises water utilisation, allowing plants to lessen their water footprint and cost significantly.
GEMÜ's Contribution to Industrial Water Recycling
Water reuse is now a strategic focus area for GEMÜ. Its automation and valve solutions are already in operation in a wide range of industrial applications, allowing closed-loop utilisation of water.
Depending on the quality of treated water and on the type of wastewater, GEMÜ provides product variants with different demands on material resistance, flow control and functional reliability.
From simple shut-off valves to sophisticated flow management systems, GEMÜ components play a central role in sustainable water treatment processes.
“Valves and shut-off valves are central constituents in water treatment. GEMÜ already today has the right solutions for this.”
Ensuring the Future through Water Reuse
Reusing water is not an option anymore – it is a requirement. As part of a comprehensive strategy for sustainable water management, it is a prudent promise for ensuring increased demand and maintaining stewardship over the environment.
Through its facilitation of water reuse in agriculture and industry, companies like GEMÜ are cutting down on environmental impacts and making water accessible to future generations. Through innovation and proven engineering, GEMÜ is a pioneer in safe water reuse technology.
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GEMÜ is a world leading manufacturer of valves, measurement and control systems for liquids, vapours and gases, especially when it comes to solutions for sterile applications. The GEMÜ Group currently employs over 1900 members of staff worldwide.
Manufacturing is carried out at six manufacturing sites across Germany, Switzerland, China, Brazil, France and the USA. The Group is active on all five continents with 27 subsidiaries and has a large distributor network in more than 50 countries
With the increasing requirements for process engineering, we offer a wide range of products providing solutions for a broad spectrum of customer groups, such as:
Specialising in all of the processes involved in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cosmetics, food and beverage industries. Application brochure: Solutions for the pharmaceutical, foodstuffs and biotechnology industries.
Specialising in industrial water treatment, chemicals, processing industry, surface finishing, power generation and environmental engineering. Application brochure: Solutions for industrial applications.
Focusing on valves for the production of semiconductors and microchips, photovoltaic systems and batteries, and ultra-high-purity chemicals. Application brochure: Solutions for microelectronics, semiconductors and battery production.
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