Usje Water Managment

The TITAN cement plant at Usje in FYROM lies on the outskirts of the city and is adjacent to the water channel of the municipality. A new initiative was undertaken by TITAN in 2007, aiming at a more efficient water management system according to international standards. Accordingly, a full analysis and recording of the actual quantity and quality of water used and discharged by the plant was followed by investments for the creation and maintenance of a purification pond for ground water, a separated discharge of waste water and the replacement of the pipe line for the drinking water. Through the first steps of this effort, improvements were already achieved and a 30% reduction of drinking water consumption was reached at plant level. Additionally, in a joint effort with local authorities, the quality of the water discharged undergoes a very strict quality monitoring, at specific location points where analysis is performed by the Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning.