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[ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE]
Borçelik

Waste Water Disposal Efficiency Project
WATER MANAGEMENT

The Auxiliary Units had a new pool built in Decem-
ber 2016 with a USD 40 thousand investment as
the waste disposal costs increased due to an in-
crease in discharge water parameters in Borçelik
treatment facility (namely chemical oxygen de-
mand and iron). This prevented the additional cost
induced by the rinsing waters sent from the CGL1
— At Borusan Group companies, Continuous Galvanizing Line for disposal, while
making the iron dust settle within the sedimenta-
tion pool.
we develop innovative solutions RESULTS AND GAINS

for the objective of using water Flow rate control of the waste water coming
from the production lines was achieved. The
discharged water legal parameter performance
efficiently, reducing water was improved. Disposal costs were reduced to

about TRY 10 thousand per month.

consumption through reusing the

water treated for our production Borçelik

Reverse Osmosis Waste

processes and discharching Water Recovery Project

waste water without creating any Industrial water recovery was targeted from the RESULTS AND GAINS
waste water of the existing reverse osmosis water
> We have managed to regain water at the
3
threats to the environment. — demineralisation unit by reducing water consump- flow rate of 13 m /h from a new RO system
tion to protect the underground water resources.
which uses waste water at the flow rate of
During this USD 50 thousand project that lasted
3
from August 2016 until the end of the same year, 25 m /h.
> We have increased the quality of
waste water flow rate measurements and analyses unprocessed water by transferring the end
were carried out, and the infrastructure works for product water to the unprocessed water
the waste water recovery unit were completed.
pools.

At Supsan, with a project to reduce water consumption in 2015, we In Borçelik, we have finished the installation of a > Thanks to the rise in the quality of the
water that enters the system, the acid and
new RO system for the reuse of the waste water
reduced our 12 thousand tons of watwer usage to 11.5 thousand tons in that is ejected from the reverse osmosis system caustic consumption has been reduced by

2016. With another project to treat spiral waste water at BMB, we could that filters the well water. With this plant, we target- 20%.
> In 2016 in 10 months alone, we
ed to regain 40% of the RO waste water with a flow
discharge the waste water to BUSKİ waste water treatment facility. rate of 25 cubic meters per hour, which comes out have managed to reduce our water
of an RO system where the water consumption is consumption by 108,291 cubic meters,
90 cubic meters per hour. which amounts to 17% of saving in water.

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