Developers of a new website are hoping to use the power of social networking to launch what they call a “grassroots water revolution.”
Englewood, Colo.-based CH2M Hill created the siteWaterMatch并在10月18日在洛杉矶的水环境联合会年度会议上正式推出了它。该网站旨在帮助促进地方一级的市政流出物的有益重复使用。
According to Jan Dell, vice president of CH2M Hill and the creator of the website, agricultural and industrial users—particularly those in developing countries—often don’t know where to find municipal effluent for their water needs and, as a result, will use fresh water.
The WaterMatch website attempts to address existing silos by using geospatial mapping and social networking to match agricultural and industrial users seeking water with municipal wastewater treatment facilities.
Once online, water users access the WaterMatch map to find wastewater treatment plants close to their current and potential future operations and then use the social networking function to connect with the utilities operating those plants.
戴尔说，她希望该网站能够在全球范围内进行有益的重新使用项目。新利18备用网址她说，缺水问题是众所周知的 - 有12亿人无法获得供水的进程，而24亿无法获得卫生。戴尔说：“ [通过网站]我们正在努力通过实现项目来取得进步。”新利18备用网址
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CH2M Hill说，该网站是非商业的，并向所有人开放，包括可能希望帮助工业客户找到市政废水来源的工程公司。
It’s a “win-win-win,” Dell says. She says, the website, if successful, would be good for the environment because it would promote beneficial re-use of water rather than drawing from limited freshwater supplies.
此外，这将有助于市政当局，因为工业和农业用户经常为使用该废水而付费，从而提供现金短缺的市政当局，并具有收入来源。
这也将帮助工业和农业用户找到接近当前或将来的站点或设施的水源，并帮助承包商和工程师，因为必须建立管道和运输系统来转移水。
许多强大的组织已经排队以支持水上匹配，包括全球石油和天然气公司组织的可持续发展和iPIECA。
“Initiatives like WaterMatch are a step forward in responsible water management and partnerships between industries and municipalities,” says Jon Freedman, global government relations leader for Schenectady, N.Y.-based GE Power & Water, Water & Process Technologies. “We’re excited to be a part of this program.”
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