March 22, 2010

Hey Hey - Today is World Water Day!

A highlight of the LANXESS Water Year 2010: Using chemistry and know-how to protect an essential resource 

A growing world population, environmental pollution, climate change and wells that are drying up will make water as valuable as oil in the next few decades. First called into being by the United Nations in 1992, World Water Day on March 22 serves as a reminder that the elixir of life is a scarce resource in many parts of the globe. "At LANXESS, we have named 2010 the Water Year – and this day is one of the highlights," says Axel C. Heitmann, Chairman of the Board of Management. "World Water Day gives us an opportunity to reaffirm the need to adopt a responsible attitude in dealing with a resource that is crucial to our very existence."

 

LANXESS products are in use worldwide in virtually every branch of industry to treat water and ensure this valuable raw material is used efficiently. This applies equally to drinking water, wastewater, groundwater and the water used in industrial processes. For over seven decades, high-performance ion exchange resins from the Lewatit range have played their part in resolving water issues worldwide. Among other things, the exchange resins remove toxic impurities from drinking water, such as heavy metals, and other harmful substances including nitrates, arsenic and borate.

 

Ion exchange resins are also an integral part of industrial processes in which vast amounts of water can be saved through water recycling. Lewatit products also have a broad range of application in wastewater treatment in the metal-processing industry, for example. In addition, they can be used to treat groundwater, primarily by removing chromate and cyanides. "At its site in Bitterfeld, Germany, LANXESS with its significant investment of EUR 30 million in membrane filtration technology, will be in a position to offer additional water treatment products as of 2011, thus expanding our already strong market position," states Heitmann.

 

Read _here more about the LANXESS Water Year 2010.