13 industries that use extremely large amounts of water
Published on by Kiran Pereira
The following 13 industries are known to use massive quantities of water in their operations
- Power Generation
- Refining
- Chemicals
- Automotives
- Microelectronics
- Textiles
- Bio-fuels
- Oil and Gas
- Mining
- Metals
- Food and Beverage
- Pulp and Paper industry
- Pharmaceuticals
Of these, mining,metal refining, oil and gas, petroleum refining and power generation are said to account for nearly 85% of total industrial water demand.
Disclaimer : This information was taken from a media analytics company website in 2012 when I was preparing a report. Unfortunately, the website doesn't seem to exist any longer, so I can't quote source. However, I still thought it might be useful in some way to understand the lay of the land