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Surma Cement Plant
Water
Rainwater harvesting: BANGLADESH
solutions to reduce Cement
freshwater withdrawal
Opportunity Results
To harvest rainwater from • The plant has harvested
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the long limestone and about 3,400 m year to
clay storage shed, both date
of which create good • Expected annual savings
catchments for rainwater around 13,000 m of
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harvesting. freshwater
Surma plant receives a Mohammad Iqbal
high amount of rainfall - Chowdhury
more 4,500 mm annually. CEO
Solution
The Surma team
developed a concept to
capture the rainwater for
cooling of equipment.
Mohammad Abdul
Matin
Head of HSE
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