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tightening of environmental and local regulations, coupled with increasing water and wastewater challenges – such as water scarcity threats, climate change, and production growth in Asia – Asian manufacturers are beginning to acknowledge and accept the long-term business benefits of being socially and environmentally AsO: In the long-term, how do you responsible. Consequently, envision Southeast Asia’s water Asian manufacturers are starting and wastewater landscape to look? Do to develop their own corporate you feel that investments in this regard environmental agendas and are more are on-track? actively implementing new solutions FT: Today, the price of water is still to maintain a green image. We foresee relatively inexpensive in Asia, but that companies operating in Asia will that might change in the years to continue to be savvy with their water come. This will further encourage and wastewater management, and companies operating in Asia to look Veolia’s experts will remain committed for more creative ways to manage to providing technical advice and their water footprint. If governments support to our existing and potential and authorities in Asia can help by future clients. providing water data and information By 2050, it is expected that 70 freely to businesses, we believe percent of the world’s population that manufacturers will be more will live in an urban environment. This encouraged to manage water properly. forecast implies a doubling of the Investments, in this regard, are slowly urban population currently living in becoming more significant. With the global towns and cities, and it may put
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a strain on local resources and increase environmental pollution and waste. Space constraints will present an even larger challenge then, and companies and governments will have to turn to water and wastewater solutions with small footprints. It is vital that cities and technology specialists like Veolia work together to ensure that decisions made today can bring about a better future tomorrow. For more information, visit www.veolia.com.
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