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Biochemica supports new standard to measure water footprint

The North East’s largest privately owned water treatment firm, Biochemica UK Ltd has welcomed the launch of a new globally recognised standard from The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), which aims to help organisations with measuring the environmental impact of water use.

The new ISO 14046 standard, which was published on 31 July 2014, allows businesses to conduct and report a water footprint assessment and determine methods to reduce potential environmental impacts.

Water and wastewater management specialist, Biochemica is supporting the launch of the standard and believes it will be well received across the water treatment industry.

Based on a life-cycle assessment, ISO 14046 aims to bring credibility, transparency and consistency to the task of measuring an organisation’s water footprint and can assist in:

Assessing the magnitude of potential environmental impacts related to water Identifying ways to reduce those impacts Facilitating water efficiency and optimisation of water management at product, process and organisational levels Providing scientifically consistent and reliable information for reporting water footprint results that can be tracked over time

Solutions-focused Biochemica is able to support companies across a wide range of industries and sectors in their water use and management, including chemical process, steel production, food and beverage manufacture, pharmaceuticals and municipal. The company has a proven track record in working closely with its clients to help them understand how they can address sustainability issues - including means to best minimise their water footprint.

Commenting on the new ISO standard, wastewater treatment specialist and Commercial and Technical Director at Biochemica, Dr Tim Robinson said: “We welcome the ISO 14046 standard as it brings specific principals, requirements and guidelines for calculating and reporting a water footprint as a standalone assessment – or as part of a wider environmental assessment – something that will bring clarity and consistency on results that can be recognised on an international scale.

“The ISO 14046 standard will be of particular relevance across North East industry as sustainability issues, including water management and the need to monitor and report water footprint, continue to be a high priority for the significant proportion of process and manufacturing companies in the region.”

From monitoring and analysis of water quality and usage through to implementing the most environmentally-efficient processes such as reuse and recycling – as well as the application of its EcoChem range of eco-friendly chemical products under its Ecochemica division, Biochemica can also assist in bringing long term cost saving benefits.

Dr Robinson added: “Biochemica can provide a full scope of industries with technical solutions for their influent and effluent processes to achieve the standard, bringing them one step closer to meeting sustainability goals with the additional advantage of making a positive impact to their bottom line.

“We hope to see a positive response to the ISO 14046 standard from companies looking to tackle the issue of water use and the benefits it will bring to reducing associated environmental impacts.”

For further information about Biochemica UK Ltd, visit www.biochemica.co.uk, call 08455 045440 or email info@biochemica.co.uk. You can also keep up to date via the company’s social platforms across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ by searching Biochemica UK Ltd.

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