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Louisiana Water Synergy Project
Presentation to GWPC UIC Conference Susan Fernandes, US BCSD
January 22, 2014
ACTION 2020
PRIORITY AREAS
Priority Areas are the most important natural
and social capital issues that must be addressed
to achieve the sustainable future laid
out in Vision 2050.
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Business Solutions are impactful, measurable,
scalable, replicable and beyond business-as-usual. Leveraging the power of
business to solve problems – to create Business
Solutions.
OVERVIEW
ABOUT THE US BCSD COLLABORATIVE PROCESS ON WATER
Part of the WBCSD Regional Network, we create opportunities for our members to work on authentic sustainability projects with industry, government and other key stakeholders who might not otherwise have the chance to collaborate and network.
Our projects use established work processes to create a “safe” zone to build trust and the business relationships needed for detailed information sharing to take action - whether that is about material exchanges, watershed initiatives, or energy.
Our Water Synergy Project collaboration forum provides an engine for inventive thinking and action for water quantity, quality and stormwater challenges.
LOUISIANA WATER SYNERGY PROJECT
21 company participants come from different sectors of industry but face similar challenges regarding water issues. Collaborative thinking leads to creative actions to address those challenges.
MULTI-INDUSTRY FORUM
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• Provide a multi-industry forum for addressing water management challenges
• Achieve tangible water synergy benefits related to water quantity, quality, and storm water for the participating companies and the region
• Link the efforts of the private sector to those underway in the public sector; and
• Establish a long-term collaboration plan in this region that fosters mutually beneficial solutions to mitigate risks and avoids competitive tensions.
LOUISIANA WORKING GROUPS
NUTRIENTS
reducing nutrients in the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico.
WETLANDS
restoring wetlands by introducing treated water,
nutrients, & sediment from
near-by facilities.
GROUNDWATER
reducing groundwater use and risks in high priority areas.
SYSTEMS SHARING
create synergies between facilities
through water reuse or shared
infrastructure for water supply/water
treatment
RED MUD
evaluating use of red mud from
alumina production to reduce costs of levee construction
NEXT STEPS – WATER SYNERGY PROJECTS
• Replicate the project in other water-stressed regions
• Integrate participatory simulation game capabilities as a virtual laboratory to explore shared interests and policy innovations
• Increase awareness & support for this business-led approach for watershed collaboration
