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2011 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Water Footprints in Four Selected Breweries in Nigeria
verfasst von : Ife K. Adewumi, Oludare J. Oyebode, Kingsley C. Igbokwe, Olutobi G. Aluko
Erschienen in: Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
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The water footprint (water source, use, and cleaner production (CP) efforts) in four major breweries in different hydrological settings in Nigeria were studied. Areas of wastage of raw materials in each brewery were determined using the ABREW software. All the breweries studied were in excess water usage category of their best practice rating by 2.9 -5.08 hl/hl of product. The average cost of operating losses from non-observance of CP practice from energy and material wastage was between $0.81-$2.42 per hl of beverage produced. The annual wastewater runoff averaged about 35-61 million hectolitres. The four breweries are still far from the accepted best practice benchmark level of 6.5 hl/hl, let alone the best technology level of 4 hl/hl. The BOD and COD loadings in the waste stream were below the maximum contaminant level except in one of the multinational breweries with a potential BOD reduction of 0.99kg/hl of product.