LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Water is essential to life – from hydration to irrigation
to the manufacturing of goods that people use every day. In
celebration of this critical resource, Air Products (NYSE:APD) is
recognizing today's International World Water Day to support
awareness of the importance of water to our world, and to note the
company's offerings that enable clean water.
According to the United States
(U.S.) Geological Survey, each American uses 80-100 gallons of
water every day. We also consume water through the products we buy.
For example, did you know that it takes (source: U.S. EPA):
- 2.6 gallons of water to make one sheet of paper;
- 6.3 gallons of water to make 17 ounces of plastic;
- 924 gallons of water to produce 2.2 pounds of rice;
- 2,641 gallons of water to make a pair of jeans; and
- 39,090 gallons of water to manufacture a new car.
Across the U.S. and the world, communities are facing water
supply challenges due to increasing demand, drought, depletion and
contamination. For nearly 40 years, Air Products has been providing
its customers sustainable product solutions for treating water and
wastewater. The company offers equipment and services -- marketed
under the Halia® trade name -- for a variety of
applications, including wastewater disinfection for reuse purposes,
drinking water treatment and purification.
"We have product offerings to help customers clean water, and at
the same time we are striving to conserve this vital resource. We
have set environmental sustainability goals to reduce water
consumption in our operations and continue to identify ways to
optimize water use, including recycling and reuse," said
Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president
and chief executive officer at Air Products. Ghasemi added that
against Air Products' publicly-stated 2020 water conservation goal,
the company has already saved 950 million gallons of water since
2015.
Additionally, in support of company water conservation efforts,
Air Products' facilities in Southern
California have proactively developed a way to free-up a
substantial amount of drinking water by implementing water saving
initiatives. These water conservations efforts in this
drought-challenged area included installing systems for the use of
recovered and recycled water at the company's three largest
manufacturing facilities. The combined impact at these three plants
of reduced freshwater use resulted in a decrease of over 190
million gallons per year of potable water consumption, plus the
secondary benefit of the reduced wastewater discharge. The millions
of gallons of water saved is equal to providing one-half gallon of
drinking water per day for a year for over one million people;
could meet the annual supply of drinking water for nearly 600
four-person households; or could fill approximately 300
Olympic-sized pools with water.
To learn more about how Air Products contributes to the
sustainable management of our water resources, please visit
www.airproducts.com/Halia.
This annual World Water Day observance was introduced at the
1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to
promote awareness of the importance of sustainable management of
freshwater resources around the globe. The 2018 theme, "Nature for
Water," explores how people can use nature to overcome the water
challenges we face today.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company
in operation for over 75 years. The Company's core industrial gases
business provides atmospheric and process gases and related
equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and
petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air
Products is also the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural
gas process technology and equipment.
The Company had fiscal 2017 sales of $8.2
billion from continuing operations in 50 countries and has a
current market capitalization of about $35
billion. Approximately 15,000 passionate, talented and
committed employees from a diversity of backgrounds are driven by
Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that
benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the
challenges facing customers, communities and the world. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2017.
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