Rigorous monitoring of water consumption
Published on 2/27/2025
Updated on 3/27/2025
To achieve its objective of reducing water consumption, SILAB has set up a rigorous monitoring system on its site, led by a dedicated working group.
A lofty objective
Reduce by 50% the water consumption required to manufacture 1 kg of product between 2019 and 2025
A dedicated team
A working group of ten people monitors the control of water consumption on SILAB’s site.
Created from Environment, Projects, Maintenance, Productions, R&D and Quality services, they regularly and permanently monitor consumptions, identify paths for improvement, implement preventive and corrective action plans, and sensitize personnel on the optimized management of the resource.
Detailed monitoring of consumptions
Since 2020, 130+ water meters on the site have been used for specific monitoring. They have enabled the precise understanding of points of consumption.
This work has proved its efficacy, since the ratio of water consumption per product unit decreased by 5% between 2019 and 2024, in particular by the detection of anomalies or the optimization of some processes.
Large-scale projects, coupled with corrective action, will enable us to maintain this dynamic.