서던워터(Southern Water)는 비즈니스 파트너십 펀드를 통해 헨필드 레저 센터가 연간 70만 리터 이상의 물을 절약했다고 밝혔다.

헨필드 레저 센터(Henfield Leasure Center)는 물소비를 줄이고 에너지 요금을 절약하는 데 도움이 될 물 효율성 프로그램을 구성했다. 빗물 수집 프로그램에는 변기를 이중 플러시로 교체하고 내부 변기 시스템에 사용될 물 수집 장비 설치가 포함된다.

게리 페티퍼(Gary Pettifer) 헨필드 레저 센터의 관리인은 "물 중립성(water neutrality) 조사 결과, 오래된 변기 때문에 너많은 물이 낭비되고 있다는 것이 확인되었다. 헨필드 레저 센터는 자선 단체이고 보조금과 기부금에 의존하고 있으므로 서던워터 비즈니스 비즈니스 파트너십 펀드에 매우 감사한다. 가까운 미래에 수도 요금을 낮추고 수천 리터의 물을 절약할 수 있기를 기대한다"라고 말했다.

킴벌리 턴불(Kimberley Turnbull) 서던워터 물 효율성 관리자는 "물은 우리의 가장 소중한 자원들 중 하나다. 매년 남동부의 인구는 증가하지만 이용 가능한 물의 양은 그대로 유지된다. 뜨거운 여름과 적은 강우량으로 인해 서던워터의 물 공급에 압력이 증가하고 있다. 우리가 현재의 속도로 물을 계속 소비한다면, 수요가 공급을 능가 할 것이다. 서던워터 비즈니스 파트너십 펀드는 서더누어터 지역의 물 효율성을 증진하고 물을 절약할 수 있는 새로운 방법을 찾는 것을 목표로 하는 혁신적인 계획이다"라고 말했다.

서던워터의 비즈니스 파트너십 펀드를 제공받는 기업은 다음과 같다.

- 애슬렛츠(Asletts Ltd) – 페인트 브러시 및 장비를 세척하기 위해 재활용된 물을 사용하여 도장 및 장식 스테이션 구현.
- 리버사이드 컨트리 파크 – 저장된 빗물을 이용하여 정원에 물을 주는 빗물 수집 시스템 구축. 
- 롱다운 액티비티 농장(Longdown Activity Farm) – 이 프로젝트는 손을 씻는 동안 물 사용을 줄이기 위해 수도꼭지에 유량 제한 장치를 설치하고 물사용량이 많은 오리 연못을 위해 빗물 수집.
- 에버플로우(Everflow) – 물 및 에너지 절약 방문 조사인 Eco-MOT의 파일럿으로, 유틸리티 전체에 통합될 때 물 효율성 개입에 대한 기업의 '지불 의향'이 증가하는지를 시험.
- 휘트브레드 비아 워터스캔(Whitbread via Waterscan) – 프리미어 인 호텔(Premier Inn Hotels) 등 접객업(hospitality industry)에 초점을 맞춘 수질  모니터링.

서던워터는 비즈니스 파트너십 펀드를 통해 기업들이 햄프셔, 와이트섬, 서식스, 켄트 전역에서 혁신적인 물절약 아이디어를 제출하도록 요청했다.

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Henfield Charity Set to Save More Than 700,000 Litres of Water Per Year

Henfield Leisure Centre is set to save more than 700,000 litres of water a year, thanks to the Southern Water Business Partnership Fund.

The Henfield Leisure Centre have put together a water efficiency programme, which will help reduce their water consumption and save money on their energy bills. The rainwater harvesting programme involves replacing toilets with dual flush loos and installing equipment that captures water to be used for internal toilet systems.

Gary Pettifer, a trustee at Henfield Leisure Centre said: “The results of a water neutrality survey confirmed that we were wasting too much water due to our old toilets. We are a charity and depend on grants and donations, so we are very grateful to the Southern Water business partnership fund. We are now able to change our toilets and install a flushing water tank. We look forward to lower water bills and saving many thousands of litres of water, in the near future.”

Kimberley Turnbull, Water Efficiency Manager at Southern Water, said: “Water is one of our most precious resources. Every year the population of the Southeast grows but the amount of water available stays the same. Due to hotter summers and less rainfall, increased pressure Is put on our water supplies. If we keep consuming at our current rate, in time, demand will outstrip supply – as there’s only so much we can take from our environment. The Southern Water Business Partnership Fund is an innovative scheme aiming to promote water efficiency in our region and find new ways to save water.”

The winners of the Business Partnership Fund have been announced, they are Whitbread via Waterscan, Everflow, Asletts Ltd, Riverside Country Park and Longdown Activity Farm. The firms are based across our region from Brighton, Southampton, Sussex and Medway.

Pilot Scheme

As an example of what can be achieved, a pilot scheme at the Theatre Royal Winchester that has already benefitted from the Business Partnership Fund. It calculates that it is expected to save more than a thousand litres of water a year. The venue is replacing its washroom facilities with more water efficient installations. Water has been saved by adapting the basin taps and showers to have lower flow rates. New toilets are set to be installed with lower flush volumes, as well as waterless urinals.

Other winners include:

Asletts Ltd – Implementing painting and decorating cleaning stations using recycled water to wash paintbrushes and equipment. Hasting, East Sussex.

Riverside Country Park - Rainwater Harvesting system using stored Rainwater to water the gardens. Medway, Kent.

Longdown Activity Farm – the project will instal flow restrictors on taps to reduce water use during hand washing and will implement Rainwater Harvesting to offset of the duck pond; the farms two largest uses of water. Ashurst, Southampton.

Everflow - Pilot of Eco-MOT’s , a water and energy saving visit that will trial whether a businesses’ ‘willingness to pay’ for water efficiency interventions is increased when incorporated into utilities as a whole.

Whitbread via Waterscan – series of water audits focussed on the hospitality industry, specifically Premier Inn Hotels.

The Southern Water Business Partnership Fund invited businesses to submit innovative water saving ideas, across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent.

Applications were taken from the following criteria:

Businesses and Water retailers located in, and operating out of, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex, and Kent.

Water conservation service providers supporting a business in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent.

Southern Water must supply the mains water to your business.

It must deliver water savings in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex or Kent. It must save mains tap water and demonstrate a tangible, sustainable reduction in water use (litres/day saved as a result of the project).

Projects to be able to provide a monthly update once launched and a full case study at the end.

The second round of the Business Partnership Fund will start on 1 April 2024 and will invite businesses to submit new water saving initiatives and ideas, across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent.

[출처 = Southern Water(Henfield Charity Set to Save More Than 700,000 Litres of Water Per Year (southernwater.co.uk)) / 3월 13일]

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