Demineralized Reclaimed Water : The Real Sustainable Resource for Future Development
WHAUP invested in Demineralized Water Project, a large-scale project, consisting of 2 operations, each have maximum capacity of 4.38 mm3/year, covering 3% of total industrial water capacity. The project is developed in WHA Eastern Industrial Estate (WHA EIE) and aimed to increase treated water quality with low cost and using environmental friendly methodology. The Group has developed the Demineralized Reclaimed Water Project as an alternative water source for sustainable industrial development in the country. This is considered to extend the existing technology and create innovations to increase product value, from wastewater by turning it into demineralized industrial water
The implementation of the aforementioned project has received positive results for the industrial development in many dimensions, such as
- Significantly reduce the amount of wastewater entering the environment.
- Reduce government investment budget in the development of water storage and delivery.
- Reduce conflicts between the community and industry on the allocation of water resources.
- The industry uses high quality water at a competitive cost.
- Industrial operators in WHA Group’s estates receive comprehensive utility services, with a wide variety of products.
Moreover, the project also helps WHAUP in reducing its dependence on major raw water distributors as well as alleviating uncertainty and impacts on both the quantity and quality of upstream water sources due to drought, pollution, contamination, etc., which are the main risk factors for utility providers. This is because if the water source is not able to supply sufficient production to meet the demand for a certain period of time, it will have a significant impact on the business continuity and the customers’ operations within the industrial estates. The project also helps WHA Group’s customers, which are entrepreneurs in various industries, to access to high quality water products and services at reasonable cost. In addition, the Demineralized Reclaimed Water innovation is a prototype project that can be expanded in new industrial estates of the WHA Group as well as extending and expanding the results to the community, for example, using domestic wastewater that has been treated to improve its quality to produce high-quality transformed water, etc. Through such demineralized water systems, WHAUP was able to reduce and minimize 2.5 Mm3 of total water withdrawal and water discharge in 2021. By this reclamation program, the WHAUP could save cost on raw water sourcing by 29 million Baht annually.
The Return of Investment (ROI) for the Demineralized Project is 9%.
