For a price of a bottle of mineral water
you would receive almost 700 liters of water from the tap.
Kemira’s exposure to water
Kemira serves water-intensive industries, and our solutions help make more clean, safe water available to everyone.
From food production to the energy industry or metals and mining, we help water intensive industries to improve their process and resource efficiency, contributing to the end-product quality. Water treatment is an important part of all our customer industries, as raw water, process water, and wastewater need to be appropriately managed, in the most cost-effective way. Sludge treatment offers opportunities for further efficiencies and for creating value from waste.
Limited water supply
Only 3% of the earth’s water is fresh, and an even smaller percentage of that is available for drinking.
Business impact
~30% of Kemira’s revenue is related to water.
Global relevance
Every year, 20 Bm3 of water is treated with the help of Kemira’s chemistry – an amount which is comparable to the annual water consumption of over 370 million people.
Safe and clean water
Clean water is essential not just for life itself, but for making sure we can live high-quality, enjoyable lives.
We at Kemira can make a difference with both out water handprint and water footprint.
Increasing our water handprint
Kemira serves water-intensive industries, and our solutions help make more clean, safe water available to everyone.
Natural raw waters contain impurities that can present a threat to human health. Kemira’s products remove particles, color, algae and harmful bacteria from the raw water in order to safely prepare it for tap water supply. Chemical water treatment enables clean, safe and affordable drinking water for all.
Improving our water footprint
Kemira produces our chemistry with lowest possible impact on water resources. In our own operations, we are continuously evaluating opportunities to improve our water management.
About 90% of our total water withdrawal is used for cooling purpose only. It can be discharged without any treatment required. Still, we will continuously work to improve our water footprint further.
In 2021, Kemira joined the CEO Water Mandate, to solidify our commitment to world class water management. Kemira’s ambition is to improve our water management to Leadership level based on CDP Water Security scoring methodology by 2025.
Christophe Hansen
Strong position in water treatment
Kemira’s customers utilize large amounts of resources, like energy, water and raw materials. Kemira’s products are usually small fraction of the customer process or end product, but like chemistry often does, these products can have a significant impact in terms of saving valuable resources.
Water expertise
We use our water treatment expertise to help municipalities and water intensive industries optimize every stage of the water cycle.
- Wastewater
- Drinking water
- Raw water
- Sludge
We are the only manufacturer to offer a full product portfolio of coagulants, polyacrylamide polymers, process chemicals, and other water treatment chemicals, along with our smart digital technologies.
#1 market position
in water treatment in Europe