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Stancesti
Water
Loop it, don't lose it ROMANIA Aggregates
Opportunity Results
Severe droughts in • Water Savings: 320m³/
the Stancesti region hour recycled, cutting
threatened daily plant fresh water use by 80%
operations, which required • Resilience: Removed
400 m³ of freshwater per the threat of business
hour. interruptions due to
drought (up to 3 hours
Solution per day of downtime
• Water required for due to water scarcity)
washing and classifying • Reputation:
the aggregates is now Strengthened
managed and recycled relationships with Bogdan Dobre
in a closed loop local communities and CEO
• The recycling unit has authorities
one settling tank and • Payback period: 5 years
one clarifier tank
Cost: 413 kCHF
Timeline: 6 months
Daniela Beles
Head of
Environment
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