How to reduce your
- rganisation’s water bill
12 March 2014 Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa
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How to reduce your organisations water bill 12 March 2014 Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa Event aim This event will look to provide you with the context, tools and techniques to better understand your organisations water use, and save
12 March 2014 Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa
Event aim
It will help you to understand:
This event will look to provide you with the context, tools and techniques to better understand your organisation’s water use, and save money.
Agenda
08.45 Registration and breakfast 09.15 Introduction to Resource Efficient Scotland 09.25 Water policy, regulation and drivers for change 09.45 Understanding your water consumption, costs and impacts 11.00 Break 11:15 Water saving devices & techniques 11:45 Developing and implementing an action plan 12:30 Best practice case studies 12:50 Next steps 13.00 Networking lunch
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Resource Efficient Scotland Zero Waste Scotland Scottish Government Advice & Support Service Sector Initiatives
Trading name for WRAP in Scotland
We help organisations across Scotland save money by using resources more efficiently.
We provide free, specialist advice and
decision makers in business, public and third-sector
energy, water, waste and raw material costs.
Richard Malloy Water Specialist Consultant
Event aim
It will help you to understand:
This event will look to provide you with the context, tools and techniques to better understand your organisation’s water use, and save money.
Global water challenge
Growing pressure on resource
Leading to...
Major risk for business
Global water challenge
Russia (2010)
Thailand (2011)
billion in disaster payouts)
months
in revenue, $2.5 billion loss
Embedded risk - virtual water
15,000 litres = 1kg 120 litres = 1 glass 35 litres = 1 cup 50 litres = 1 orange 260 litres = 1kg
Water availability
Water availability – Winter 2012
Water availability – Winter 2014
The Scottish Government wishes us to recognise our good fortune in having abundant water and excellent sanitation in
development tool
from areas of water stress
abundant water resources
Loch Ness is deeper than the North Sea - it contains more freshwater than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.
Scottish Government – Hydro Nation
Water regulatory framework
The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (CAR):
land, abstractions, impoundments & engineering works
Water Environment Water Services (WEWS) Act – Sustainable Urban Drainage
sustainable urban drainage systems
watercourses – intermediary step
EU Water Framework Directive
“good status” by 2015.
water resources and protection from climate change
Water regulatory framework
Other legal drivers
─ Macerators banned
─ 80% reduction in GHG emissions by 2050
Scottish Water carbon footprint
Scotland’s largest purchaser of electricity…
spread population – few economies of scale! 448,186 tCO2e in 2010/11
Supply emissions tCO2/1,000m3 Treatment emissions tCO2/1,000m3
UK average
0.36 0.7
Scotland
0.17 0.81
Scottish privatisation
Why reduce water?
prices
…consider how much you spend on water.
£
Other costs may include …
Why reduce water?
Two drops/second 9.5 m3/yr and £21/year in water + sewerage Drops breaking to a stream 31 m3/yr and £70/year in water + sewerage 3 mm stream 335 m3/yr and £750/year in water + sewerage
Why reduce water?
“The world’s most environmentally friendly retailer by 2015” “We want to see our suppliers’ sustainability action plans” “We insist that our suppliers are ISO 14001 certified”
sustainability from suppliers;
public-sector tenders;
in international markets.
Preparing for Resource Scarcity
Planning for water efficiency
Collect initial data Gain senior management commitment Gain a picture
use Identify areas for improvement
Planning for water efficiency
Collect initial data Gain senior management commitment Gain a picture
use Identify areas for improvement
data
data
Planning for water efficiency
Collect initial data Gain senior management commitment Gain a picture
use Identify areas for improvement
data
data
available
management buy-in
high level benefits
Planning for water efficiency
Collect initial data Gain senior management commitment Gain a picture
use Identify areas for improvement
data
data
available
management buy-in
high level benefits
balance
Planning for water efficiency
Collect initial data Gain senior management commitment Gain a picture
use Identify areas for improvement
data
data
available
management buy-in
high level benefits
balance
investigation
Planning for water efficiency
The key information to review on the bill includes:
Reading & interpreting water bills
Supply address Billing period Charges breakdown Total charge
Explanation of charging Volumetric breakdown (e.g. m3) Meter size (mm), serial number & location
Wastewater & Trade effluent
product) Significant trade effluent requires a licence. Charging is based on the Mogden Formula which considers:
WRAP Mogden Formula Tool http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/mogden-formula-tool-0
Top Tip - Check that your bill allows for any water not entering the public sewerage system.
Regular monitoring
benchmark(s)
water bill
Top Tips
timescale)
Data Collection
m3 Hundredths
Exercise – Question 1 15 minutes
Planning for water efficiency
Objective: to get buy-in to investigate
─ Energy (hot water) ─ Carbon ─ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ─ Environmental Management Systems (EMS) ─ Added value…
Gain senior management commitment
Planning for water efficiency
what comes in, must go out. Taking time to develop a water mass balance helps an
wastewater;
cost saving potential; and
Build a water mass balance
A typical business uses around 25 litres per person per day (40 litres with a canteen)
Water Mass Balance
Meter readings? Water bills? Water bills? Meter readings? …95% assumption correct? Need more information Supplied (?? m3) Wastewater (?? m3)
Water mass balance
Conduct a site walk around
What do you need?
Prior to walk around
available
notes on potential improvements
Conduct a site walk around
What do you need?
Prior to walk around
available
notes on potential improvements
During the site visit On site layout plan note:
(toilet/taps/showers etc.)
numbers
Conduct a site walk around
Planning for water efficiency
Review - What have you got?
What are you looking for?
General
Domestic
Cleaning
Process
elsewhere (especially hot water)
Assembly
use (Paint Shop)
(uncontrolled)
water use
Canteen
litres/min
running tap
running tap (no plugs)
General Domestic
flow rates in excess of 10 litres/min
most in excess of 6 litres.
Assumptions
workers, part time staff, off-site working
number of cyclists / runners etc. 1-5% of staff
Water use activity Typical expected usage
Overall employee water use (canteen
40 litres / day Overall employee water use (no canteen on site) 25 litres / day Conventional urinal (no control device fitted) 540 - 864 litres / day / cistern Toilet 6 - 13 litres / flush Showers (no control device fitted) 8 - 12 litres / min Tap (no control device fitted) 6 - 12 litres / min Dripping tap ~ 14 litres / day
Typical expected usage
Exercise – Questions 2 & 3 15 minutes
Water saving devices & techniques
Simple water saving measures can be applied on most sites.
Get buy-in from staff to help implement a water efficiency programme.
Staff awareness
Example savings
Toilets
Particularly where cisterns are larger than 6 litres in size consider:
litre)
and inspected as part of on-going maintenance
Domestic water reduction
Toilets
Particularly where cisterns are larger than 6 litres in size consider:
litre)
and inspected as part of on-going maintenance
Domestic water reduction
Savings
62,500 litres per year £138 per year ~£20 to implement (£2 per device)
Urinals
Uncontrolled urinals will flush 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Install control devices to save up to 70% of flush.
presence (PIR) will reduce flush frequency
useful for a 9am – 5pm operation.
triggers the urinal cistern to fill when pressure drops (e.g. someone washing their hands)
Domestic water reduction
Domestic water reduction
Urinals
Uncontrolled urinals will flush 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Install control devices to save up to 70% of flush.
presence (PIR) will reduce flush frequency
useful for a 9am – 5pm operation.
triggers the urinal cistern to fill when pressure drops (e.g. someone washing their hands)
Savings
730,080 litres per year £1,606 per year ~£450 to implement (£150 per device)
Taps
Best practice flow rate for taps is 4 litres per minute. Many taps far exceed this. To control this consider the following technologies.
alternatively may be included in a new tap. These reduce the flow rate of the water to a pre-determined level.
pressure while reducing water use through displacement of water with air.
percussion (push) taps
washing hands
Domestic water reduction
Taps
Best practice flow rate for taps is 4 litres per minute. Many taps far exceed this. To control this consider the following technologies.
alternatively may be included in a new tap. These reduce the flow rate of the water to a pre-determined level.
pressure while reducing water use through displacement of water with air.
percussion (push) taps
washing hands
Domestic water reduction
Assuming a flow rate reduction of 4 litres per minute. Savings 82,500 litres per year £252 per year (including energy) £100 (10 sets of taps, £5 per device) implementation cost
Showers
Best practice for showers is 6 litres per minute. Performance need not be affected by reduced flow rates.
controls.
Domestic water reduction
Showers
Best practice for showers is 6 litres per minute. Performance need not be affected by reduced flow rates.
controls.
Domestic water reduction
Assuming a flow rate reduction of 4 litres per minute and 10 staff uses per day for 10 minutes per use. Savings 100,000 litres per year £303 per year (including energy savings) £25 (5 showers, £5 per device) implementation cost
Improvement Device
units Cost per unit Total cost of devices Water savings (l) Cost savings Payback
Reduce WC flush volume Cistern volume adjuster 10 £2 £20 62,500 £138 2 months Reduce urinal flush volume Flush timer 3 £150 £450 730,080 £1,606 3 months Reduce tap flow rate Flow regulators 20 £5 £100 82,500 £252 5 months Reduce shower flow rate Flow regulators 5 £5 £25 100,000 £303 1 month
Total £595 975,080 £2,299
Savings summary
are working correctly
required and identify any areas where pressure could be reduced by installing a pressure reducing valve or flow regulator.
maintain programme
Pipework & overflows
Top tip – listen for water flowing during a period of shut down
Kitchen / Canteen
Review current cleaning practices
(scrapers/squeegees/brushes)
Common process areas
Water re-use Consider where water (and or heat) can be recycled elsewhere.
recycling systems
─ rainwater harvesting ─ grey-water harvesting
added to the water (e.g. heating, softening, de-ionisation etc.)
Common process areas
Exercise 2: 30 minutes
What further information do you need to collect in
Estimate:
Identifying specific improvements
Prioritise your actions and plan for their implementation.
Identifying specific improvements
Also consider:
your plans will not adversely affect other business activities.
Legal compliance
Highest cost saving Highest water use saving
Strategic importance
Quick payback
Use targets to plan & monitor progress
Implementing specific improvements
Specific
Well defined to all of your colleagues;
Measurable
Know when the target is achieved;
Achievable
Resource / knowledge available;
Relevant
The goal is sensible and attainable;
Time bound
Completion within a given timescale.
and targets.
against targets.
Implementing your action plan
Any changes will need to be communicated to staff. In particular you should look to:
The graph on the next page provides an example of how progress against a set target can be assessed.
where you use it
Conclusion
Greening Government commitment to significantly reduce the impact government has on the environment
─ The review identified total potential water savings of up to 28,241m3 (77%) per year and estimated cost savings of up to £47,669.
HM Revenue & Customs
─ Saving 4% of annual water use (2 month payback)
activities if appropriate ─ Estimated saving of up to 49% of annual water use
within the site
management
HM Revenue & Customs
Case Study - Natural Fruit & Beverage Company
balance
─ Product cooling baths (35%) ─ Other tenants on site (25%) ─ Product sterilising tunnels (10%)
Sterilising tunnels
Case Study – Natural Fruit & Beverage Company
Cooling baths
Case Study – Natural Fruit & Beverage Company
recovery and re-used in on-site processes.
Shepherd Neame
“Installing the efficient membrane filtration system will improve our cash flow in the first year of operation by £0.5m.” Jeff William, Chief Engineer
Shepherd Neame
“The decision to go forward with this proven technology was influenced by the fact that ECA could be applied for. Installing the efficient membrane filtration system will improve our cash flow in the first year of operation by £0.5m.” Jeff William, Chief Engineer
Honeywell
₋ Operations in China, India and across Europe
₋ Heating controls, LED lighting
savings
Honeywell
lots of water and energy.
₋ Saving 90,000m3 water each year ₋ Reduced energy consumption ₋ Reduced downtime
Henderson’s of Edinburgh
Next steps: A lesson to take away
Funding and support
─ Energy Technology list (www.eca.gov.uk ) ─ Water Technology list ( wtl.defra.gov.uk )
Water Technology List
─ Provides a fiscal incentive (tax relief) ─ Procurement tool for business ─ Marketing tool for manufacturers
─ Over 3,000 products across 13 technology categories ─ Support for systems that enable reuse ─ Over 175 manufacturers listed
Water Technology List
Taxable business profit
Cost of product on WTL
Reduced taxable profit
Cost of product on WTL
A business buys a product
Assuming the business pays tax at 23% The business can claim 100% First year allowance on its spending reducing taxable profits by £1,000 The business pays £230 less tax in this period
Clean in place Efficient showers Efficient taps Efficient toilets Washing machines Flow controllers Leak detection Meters & sub-meters Monitoring Industrial cleaning Mechanical seals Water reuse Rainwater harvesting Sludge dewatering Greywater harvesting
Water Technology List
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