Total water consumption in 2002 / 02 was 416,043 m3 - a
reduction of 13.5%.
Total water consumption in 2000 / 01 was 401,477 m3 - a reduction
of 17%.
Water consumption is still ahead of target; however consumption
has increased over last year’s MACC2 update as a result of a
detected leak at one of our open spaces sites.
The City of London has already exceeded its 2007/08 target. Most
of the savings have been made at two sites - the Barbican Centre
and Billingsgate market. Measures at the Barbican have included the
installation of waterless urinals in the public toilets, and
decommissioning the cooling towers as the air-conditioning system
has been replaced by chilled water supplied from the Citigen CHP
system. The decommissioning of the cooling towers alone accounted
for around 10% of the water used at this site.
At Billingsgate, water consumption has been reduced by a new
system for the daily 'wash down'. Large water hoses were previously
used to wash the market area - an activity which has now ceased and
been replaced in all areas of the market by specialist cleaning
vehicles using far less water.Together these water saving
activities for the two sites alone have saved over 80,000 m3 of
water per year. Water is still a primary concern of the City of
London and we will continue to monitor and determine areas for
improvement.
For further information about water consumption contact Paul
Kennedy, Energy Manager, tel 020 7332 1130 or
email.