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GG363 Managing water use in speciality chemicals' manufacture: a signposting guide

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This Good Practice Guide gives practical advice to help speciality chemical companies save money and improve their environmental performance by managing their use of water more effectively. The Guide contains checklists to help managers identify improvement opportunities for different activities, and signposts to further, more detailed information in other publications. The Guide describes a systematic approach to minimising water use and effluent generation, presents benchmark data on specific water consumption and effluent strength in the industry, and gives industry examples illustrating the cost and other benefits of taking action to reduce water use.

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