Grupa Kety S A : 22 March – World Water Day.

The World Water Day was announced by the United Nations General Assembly by resolution of 22 December 1992, within Agenda 21, in the Earth Summit 1992 (UNCED) conference in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
'Accelerating Change' is the motto of the World Water Day 2023 - the main objective is to accelerate change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Every one of us is responsible for effective water management in our lives and water consumption.
Grupa KĘTY S.A. withdraws water from its own water intakes, i.e. from a well and from ground drainage. The well is a source of drinking water for the plant and the main water source for employee amenities as well as fire protection purposes. Water for the production processes originates mainly from ground drainage at the plant. Water resources are used based on the possessed water permit. Owing to the processes of chemical treatment of aluminium, the possible deficit of water resources is probably one of the potentially major risks. Therefore, the Company optimises production processes and circulation systems in order to responsibly use water resources. Key importance in limiting the consumption of underground waters was the implementation of the water draining system to supply the plant. Earlier, the water drained at the plant was lost irrecoverably. The system of close-circuit water for cooling in heat processes related to melting and processing of aluminium has been extended. Thanks to that, in 2022, the plant saved 2.6 million cubic metres of water returned to the production process. In the years 2021/2022 the water supply system had been repaired and several projects optimising water consumption in manufacturing processes were implemented. With simultaneous reduction of production size, this resulted in reducing water consumption intensity in the production processes compared to 2021 by as much as 25%. In the subsequent years, the Company plans the implementation of systems enabling collection and use of storm water from roofs, which will help to partially satisfy the needs related to future plant production.
The ASS and the FPS companies do not have their own water intakes. Water is purchased from third-party suppliers on the basis of appropriate agreements. Water is used for engineering and social purposes. Water consumption is monitored within the ISO 14001 system procedures. At the ASS and the FPS projects are pending to reduce water consumption as a function of production size. The total consumption of water purchased from city mains by domestic companies was reduced by 10% compared to 2021.