LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products
(NYSE: APD) has received an Award of Merit from the WateReuse
Association (WRA) for conserving 62 million gallons of drinking
water annually by converting to recycled water for the cooling
process at its Santa Clara,
Calif., manufacturing facility. Nominated by the
City of Santa Clara, the company
is one of the largest among 550 customers connected to the South
Bay Water Recycling recycled water line, which preserves valuable
drinking water by distributing recycled water for nondrinking
purposes, including industrial cooling processes.
The award was presented last week during the 25th
Annual WateReuse Symposium at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in
Washington, D.C. Each year, WRA
recognizes projects that have advanced the acceptance of water
reuse through education, sound science, and technology using
reclamation, recycling, reuse, or desalination for the benefit of
the public and the environment.
Across the United States and
the world, communities are facing water supply challenges due to
increasing demand, drought, depletion and contamination.
Air Products has set goals for reducing water consumption within
its own operations and continues to identify ways to optimize water
use -- eliminating waste, increasing recycling and reuse, and
finding opportunities to offset water withdrawals with supply from
reclaimed sources. For more than 30 years, Air Products also has
been providing its customers with solutions for treating water and
wastewater. The company offers equipment and services -- marketed
under the Halia™ trade name -- for a variety of applications,
including wastewater disinfection for reuse purposes and drinking
water treatment and purification. To learn more about Air Products'
Halia water and wastewater solutions, visit
www.airproducts.com/Halia.
A photograph and more information about the WRA and Air Products
can be found in Air Products' online Press Room at
www.airproducts.com/PressRoom/CompanyNews/Archived/2010/22Sep2010.htm.
SOURCE Air Products
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