{"id":996,"date":"2025-06-22T15:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T13:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itren.fr\/france-industry-at-the-forefront-of-water-reuse\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:39:49","slug":"france-industry-at-the-forefront-of-water-reuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itren.fr\/en\/france-industry-at-the-forefront-of-water-reuse\/","title":{"rendered":"France: Industry at the forefront of water reuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750597685482{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;]With pressure on resources increasing, <strong>the French industrial sector is increasingly committed<\/strong> to reusing internal wastewater to <strong>reduce its consumption of fresh water and secure its processes<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text]<h4 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h5\" style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;\"><span>Reducing the water footprint of industrial sites<\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750597746016{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;]Industry accounts for around <strong>10% of water consumption in France<\/strong>, with a variety of uses: cooling, cleaning, manufacturing, cutting, dilution, etc. However, a significant proportion of this water does not need to be of drinking quality. <strong>Reuse of treated wastewater therefore helps to optimize consumption<\/strong> by setting up closed or semi-closed circuits.<\/p>\n<p>Some companies, particularly in the agri-food, chemical, and metallurgy sectors, are investing in <strong>on-site treatment units: physical-chemical, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, UV disinfection, etc<\/strong>. Once treated, the water is reused in production circuits, for cleaning lines, or even feeding cooling towers.[\/vc_column_text]<h4 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h5\" style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;\"><span>An economic and environmental gain<\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750597808597{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>In addition to its environmental benefits, Reuse of treated wastewater offers an economic advantage.<\/strong> Reducing water withdrawal volumes lowers fees, treatment costs, and the uncertainty associated with prefectural restrictions in the event of drought. Many sites achieve <strong>a return on investment within 3 to 5 years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Concrete example: a metal cutting factory in eastern France has set up a physical-chemical treatment plant that reuses 80% of its process water. Result: 25,000 m\u00b3 saved each year, with costs recouped in less than 4 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<h4 class=\"grve-element grve-title grve-align-inherit grve-h5\" style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;\"><span>An approach that is encouraged<\/span><\/h4>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750597848704{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;]The Water Agency, ADEME, and certain regions offer <strong>investment assistance<\/strong> for this type of project. <strong>Industrial Reuse of treated wastewater thus becomes a strategic lever<\/strong> for combining sobriety, performance, and resilience.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750597685482{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;]With pressure on resources increasing, the French industrial sector is increasingly committed to reusing internal wastewater to reduce its consumption of fresh water and secure its processes.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1750597746016{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;]Industry accounts for around 10% of water consumption in France, with a variety of uses: cooling, cleaning, manufacturing, cutting, dilution, etc. However, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee","grve-entry-item","grve-blog-item"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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