Reducing water use in the beverage industry

Quality Beverages reduced its water use by 27% and waste water production by 61% between 2016 and 2017. This was achieved through a staff educational campaign with consumption targets and the implementation of a system to collect, filter, and reuse waste water from bottle rinsing processes. The company reported monthly water savings of 3,000 kilolitres and cumulative savings of R870,000 up to January 2018, with a total capital investment of R140,000. Future plans include augmenting water supply via rainwater and groundwater to reduce reliance on municipal sources.

• Quality Beverages achieved a 27% reduction in water use, decreasing from 1.77 litres per litre of soft drink produced in late 2016 to 1.30 litres per litre in 2017, which also resulted in a 61% decrease in waste water production.
• The water reduction was driven by two primary interventions: an educational campaign for staff that included water consumption targets and the reuse of waste water from bottle rinsing through collection and filtering.

APA

Fundikwa, B. (2018). Reducing water use in the beverage industry. GreenCape. https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Case-Study_Quality-Beverages_Final_Web.pdf

Chicago

Fundikwa, Bridget. Reducing water use in the beverage industry. GreenCape, 2018. https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Case-Study_Quality-Beverages_Final_Web.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fundikwa2018reducing, author = {Fundikwa, Bridget}, title = {{Reducing water use in the beverage industry}}, institution = {GreenCape}, year = {2018}, month = feb, url = {https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Case-Study_Quality-Beverages_Final_Web.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }