Sweden’s unexploited water resource
Swedish industry loses more water through its chimneys than the total household water withdrawal of Malardalen, Sweden’s most populated region, according to Drupps Evaporation Loss Index. This water could be recycled to mitigate water scarcity
—Water is a key input for the industry. But as water scarcity caused by climate change increases, the importance of decoupling growth from increased water use becomes clearer. By reducing evaporation loss from industries, water scarcity could be mitigated, says Jonas Wamstad, CMO and co-founder of Drupps, a water innovation company.
According to Drupps Evaporation Loss Index, 1,489 million m³ of Sweden’s industrial water withdrawal comes from surface or groundwater, so called natural freshwater. Of this freshwater about 214 m³ (14%) is lost in evaporative form through the chimney, a number that exceeds the total household water withdrawal of Malardalen, Sweden’s most populous region of 3.7 million around Stockholm.
—Many people may not know how society’s water is being used today and what we can do together to mitigate being affected by water scarcity. In fact, with quite simple adjustments the industry could recycle much of their evaporative wastewater to increase water efficiency and water sustainability, says Jonas Wamstad.
Swedish industry withdraws about 60% of Sweden’s total water use, with pulp and paper, chemical, and metal industries being the biggest users. Households withdraw about 22%.
For more info please contact
Jonas Wamstad
CMO
+46-(0)70-867-1138
jonas.wamstad@drupps.com
About the company
Drupps is a Swedish water innovation company specialized in generating water from the atmosphere and industrial evaporative water outlets. The company helps processing industries globally to increase water efficiency and water sustainability by recovering evaporative water, and where applicable to recycle its latent heat. Drupps is based in Uppsala, Sweden, and was founded in 2017.
About Drupps Evaporation Loss Index
Drupps Evaporation Loss Index is an annual summary of industrial losses of evaporated water and all data is based on official government statistics.
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https://www.scb.se/contentassets/54f765e90041445397b0fdc85aa04424/mi0902_2020a01_br_mi27br2201.pdf
https://www.smhi.se/data/meteorologi/kartor/karta/hittills-detta-ar/nederbord/
https://www.sgu.se/grundvatten/grundvattennivaer/tidigare-grundvattennivaer/
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