How can hotels' water conservation help the Global Goals? | Green Hotelier - 2 views
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The International Tourism Partnership is working with its hotel group members to address water as a critical issue for the industry, and find ways to work together towards Global Goal 6: clean water and sanitation.
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For hotels however water scarcity is increasingly common and therefore vital for them to address. As more countries, and cities, experience the effects of high population pressure and less available freshwater, the interest among policy-makers, businesses, and citizens grows. We need to become more efficient water users. We need to make some drastic changes.
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These words are essential for hoteliers to take to heart as they consider greywater systems or ground water collection as part of the arsenal of water-saving practices they have at their fingertips. All hoteliers need to be thinking far beyond linen re-use programmes, and as guests in some countries typically use ten times or more the amount of water daily than is typical for local people, we also need to look at education and communication to customers.
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As World Water Week has come to a close, experts have discussed a number of issues regarding water and waste. With major climate initiatives such as the agreements established in Paris, individuals and industry alike have been called to action in order to mitigate negative climate change. Water use is one of the key resources that must be preserved. Hotels are major consumers of water, from guest consumption to laundry to F&B, water use is rampant in hotels. Water scarcity would be utterly detrimental to the hospitality industry. For this reason, greywater systems and ground water collection are but a few of the water-saving methods at the disposal of the hospitality industry. This is especially important because it has been found that hotel guests in some countries use ten times as much water as the local populace.