The world’s fastest growing urban center is Chongqing in western China. Its long history as a commercial and traffic hub has received a natural continuation in its rapidly growing mining, agricultural, and secondary sector industries. The gigantic municipality faces major environmental and infrastructural challenges. Its over 30 million inhabitants and increasing numbers of tourists place great demands on the water supply, for example.
Kemira plays an important role in providing Chongqing with clean drinking water. Since last year, it has provided the necessary chemicals for local water treatment.
In addition, Kemira is also targeting the industrial wastewater and municipal sewage treatment sectors. Its Yixing production unit near Shanghai has supplied eastern China with water treatment chemicals since 1999