Almost all businesses spend a pretty penny on water. But not all businesses spend money on water in a wise or efficient way. Water audits are a way of ensuring that a company is getting the best deal and a qualified water auditor will be able to help a business improve their water usage practices, reducing waste.
Upon contracting the services of a water auditor, a company can expect a relatively standard timeline to unfold. Firstly, the auditor will ask the organization to inventory all of their water use for a set period of time. This is usually done by informing employees to take a note when they use water, and a measurement of roughly how much they have used. Next, an auditor will upgrade the metering inside the business.
This means that a far more accurate picture of water usage can be developed. Finally, the auditor will make recommendations aimed at reducing water usage, saving money and increasing sustainability. These can include protocol recommendations and plans for integrating new technology into the company’s water distribution system. A business water audit usually takes place over a relatively long period of time and can happen while the company is operating as usual.
To Save Money
Saving money is the primary reason for the undertaking of a water audit. Manufacture and agriculture industries are rewarded especially dramatically for changing their water usage practices. These industries use absolutely vast quantities of water every year, and companies operating in them spend a good chunk of their budgets on the acquisition of increasingly scarce supplies of water.
One of the most significant things that a water auditor can bring to a company is technological expertise. An auditor can suggest metering systems, flow regulators and water recycling machinery that will save considerable sums of money for the hiring company.
To Increase Sustainability
Water scarcity is a growing problem and it is largely thanks to industrial practices that this is happening. It is a truly dreadful development that effects poorer areas of the world and endangered animal species first. By 2025, two thirds of the world’s population may face water shortages.
Businesses have a responsibility to take this into account and to develop sustainability strategies. Water auditors are able to identify where water wastage is occurring within an organization. By curbing water wastage, a company is able to operate in a far more sustainable fashion and will be able to meet sustainability goals without giving up on financial growth.
To Inform Long Term Planning
Good long term business strategy is based upon a knowledge of variables. The more knowledge that a strategist has about spending, the more effectively they can plan to curb such spending. Without a thorough audit of water usage, a business will have to plan strategy blind. The more you know, the more you grow. A good long term strategy for growth can only be built using the analysis of an extremely wide dataset. This should include data on water usage.
