2012: Group's Total water consumption: 4,607,341.5 m
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8.4 Water consumption
Total water consumption for the ac-
tivities of MYTILINEOS Group in 2012
stood at around 4.6 million m3 of wa-
ter, down 1.6% from 2011, with
95% of this total quantity consumed
by our industrial production activities,
namely aluminium production, and
the remaining 5% accounting for the
consumption of water by all other ac-
tivities. The water required for
aluminium production is obtained
from wells drilled and managed by
ALUMINIUM S.A. in the broader re-
gion around its plant, in strict com-
pliance with the provisions of the rel-
evant Decision of the Water Re-
sources Management Directorate of
the Sterea Regional Administration.
Of the above total quantity of water
consumed, 96% was drawn from
groundwater and 6.2% from the mu-
nicipal water supply company, 1.5%
refers to seawater used in the desali-
nation process, and the remaining
0.3% representing rainwater quanti-
ties collected for consumption.
The areas from which the Group
companies draw water (especially
ALUMINIUM S.A., which has drilled
and is using a network of wells in the
area around its plant facilities), do not
contain water masses regarded by ex-
perts as particularly sensitive, be-
cause they support a specific endan-
gered plant or animal species or be-
cause they are located in any other
area as a protected area.
MYTILINEOS S.A.
ALUMINIUM S.A.
ΜΕΤΚΑ S.A.
PROTERGIA S.A.
DELPHI-DISTOMON S.A.
1.04%
0.03%
3.28%
0.25%
95.40%
Total water consumption by source (m
3
)
2010
2011
2012
Total water consumption.
4,640,581.8 4,685,049.1 4,607,341.5
Groundwater.
4,362,530.0 4,486,616.0 4,244,006.0
Rainwater collected directly and stored.
6,000.0
6,000.0
9,340.0
Surface water, including water from wetlands,
rivers, lakes and seas.
66,403.0
Municipal water reserves or other public water supply companies.
251,610
192,433.1
287,592.5
Water recycled and reused (m
3
)
2010
2011
2012
Total volume of water recycled.
2,000.0
2,000.0
5,340.0
Volume of water reused as a percentage of the Group’s
total water consumption.
0.043% 0.042%
0.11%
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regarding the management of water
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