Optimizing Industry Water Use
Great Lakes Protection Fund Project 926

Effective Application of Footprinting
Methodologies to Industrial Operations

Welcome to the CGLI Water Footprinting Project Communications Center. Below are the links to the project description and the information needed to track and participate in project activities is made available. Updates will be made as the project progresses.
Links to project components will become active when information is available.

Phase I Project Description (pdf)
Phase II Project Proposal (pdf)
Phase II Project Addendum (pdf)
Phase II Project Interim Report May 5, 2011 (pdf)

Expert Panel

Expert Panel Workshop 9 November 2011 - Summary (docx)
Expert Panel Agenda (docx)
Slide Deck 1 (pptx)
Slide Deck 2 Consumers (pptx)
Slide Deck 3 Lafarge (pptx)
Slide Deck 4 - Shell (pptx)
Slide Deck 5 - New Page (pptx)
Slide Deck 6 Big Picture Findings (pptx)
Slide Deck 7 Seven Questions (pptx)
Slide Deck 8 - Path Forward (pptx)

Expert Panel Workshop 20 July 2011
Summary Expert Panel Workshop 20 July 2011 (docx)
Expert Panel Workshop Agenda, 20 July 2011 (doc)
Project Status and Update (ptx)
Workshop Objectives and Charge to Panel (ptx)
Project Metrics Suite

Data Request Tools
Facilities Data Survey
Facilities Application Template

NewPage Pilot (ppt)
Consumers Energy Pilot
Lafarge Pilot - Preliminary Observations
Expert Panel Participants - Water Footprinting Expert Panel Participants

Expert Panel Workshop 4 March 2011

Summary Expert Panel Workshop, 4 March 2011 (docx)
Expert Panel Members March, 2011 (pdf)
Introduction - Slide Deck 1
Like Nowhere Else - Slide Deck 2
Objectives and Charge to Expert Panel - Slide Deck 3
Descriptions of Global Water Sustainability/Stewardship Initiative-Paul Wiegand - Slide Deck 4
Apply Water Sustainability Initiatives Metrics- Paul Wiegand - Slide Deck 5
Evaluating and Selecting Metrics for Application- Wendy Larson - Slide Deck 6
Pilot Facility Use Information Table - Slide Deck 8
New Page Escanaba Mill Profile - Slide Deck 9

A Look Ahead to Next Steps and Expected Final Report Structure - Deck 10
Draft Report Outline, Example Initiative Summary

CGLI GLPF Water Footprinting Phase I Outcomes (doc)

Project Expert Panel Workshop Summary, August, 2010 (pdf)
Project Workshop Presentations, July, 2010
Expert Panel Workshop Update, Jan, 2011 (pdf)

Water Footprinting and Water Accounting Protocols Under Review
Links to water footprinting and water accounting protocols

• Alliance for Water Stewardship certification scheme

• Corporate Water Gauge®

• Global Environmental Management (GEMI®) water scarcity assessment

• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) identification of water performance indicators
http://www.globalreporting.org/GRIPortal/Indicator%20Files/EN8.htm
http://www.globalreporting.org/GRIPortal/Indicator%20Files/EN9.htm
http://www.globalreporting.org/GRIPortal/Indicator%20Files/EN10.htm

• Strategic Water Management Framework for the Minerals Industry (Australia)

• UK Federation House Commitment to Water Efficiency Guidelines

• Water Footprint Working Group

• Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) approaches practiced via United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and Society of Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) initiatives, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Research_Impacts/Research_Themes/Theme_1/index.aspx
http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/4/919/pdf

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development Water Tool

 

Water Footprint Network Information
• Water Footprint Network

• The Water Footprint Assessment Manual (pdf)

Industry Sectors Included in this Project

• Pulp, paper, and forest products
Water Use in Pulp, Paper and Forest Products

• Petroleum refining
Water use in the Petroleum Refining Industry

• Cement manufacturing

• Electric Power Generation

Project Resource Materials

Ceres Aqua Guage: A Framework for the 21st Century Water Risk Management (pdf)

World Water Week Summary 22-26 August 2011 (docx)

Changing Currents - Water Sustainability and the Future of Canada's Natural Resources Sectors

Chemical Process Industry Water Use Paper

Water for Business Initiative-Guiding sustainable water management in the private sector (pdf)

UNEP Corporate Water Accounting Analysis Report (pdf)


Project Team

Project Director
George H. Kuper, President and CEO
Council of Great Lakes Industries
3600 Green Court, Suite 710
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1570
Phone: 734 663-1944
Fax: 734 663-2424
Email: ghk@cgli.org

Project Manager
Dale K. Phenicie
Council of Great Lakes Industries
3600 Green Court, Suite 710
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1570
Phone: 770 487-7585
Fax: 770 631-7729
Email: dkphenicie@mindspring.com

Communications Director
Evelyn Strader
Strader & Company
3716 Sleepy Fox Dr.
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
Phone: 248 340-7062
Fax: 248 340-8712
Email: StraderCo@aol.com

 

    
 
   
 

Council of Great Lakes Industries
3600 Green Ct., Suite 710
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: 734-663-1944   Fax: 734-663-2424
email: StraderCo@aol.com