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Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008
Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Environmental protection, innovation, and safety / Production / Water protection
Water protection
Daimler’s aim in terms of water protection is to use this precious commodity as sparingly as possible and to
avoid contaminating water resources. In order to conserve water, resource-efficient techniques such as closedloop
systems are used. As a result, the specific water consumption per vehicle built at Daimler has fallen
dramatically in recent years.
Water protection
In 2007, Daimler consumed 15.2 million cubic meters of water. Compared with the previous year (14.7 million
cubic meters), this represents an increase in consumption of approximately 3 percent, which was largely due to
new production launches.
Most of the production plants do not channel their wastewater into rivers, but instead into local water treatment
plants through the public sewer system. However, because of the multitude of possible materials contained in
wastewater and the differences between local regulations, Daimler does not comprehensively document the
relevant statistics. Detailed local figures can, however, be found in the environmental reports of the various
production plants.
Additional data on water consumption can be found here.