{"id":13311,"date":"2017-06-05T17:40:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T09:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/articles\/using-water-sustainably-water-recycling-and-processing-april-group\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T03:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:52:12","slug":"using-water-sustainably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/id\/articles\/using-water-sustainably\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Water Sustainably | Water Recycling And Processing | APRIL Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"page-inner-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Water is essential for both life and industry. But these two demands don\u2019t have to be mutually exclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">To sustain its operations while minimizing its environmental impact, APRIL Group has invested in state-of-the-art water recycling and processing facilities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Water is used in every part of the pulp and paper making process. Water taken from the Kampar River is purified before use in the mill, and equates to just 1.89% of the river\u2019s mean river flow, well below government guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Through <\/span><a href=\"\/en\/sustainability\/water-energy-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">collection and treatment<\/a><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">, APRIL recycles 90% of its general water usage, and 78% is returned to the river after being treated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/april.hellopomelo.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mill4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"392\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Yulius is Area Head of Water Treatment at APRIL subsidiary RAPP, and has been responsible for water treatment in the Kerinci mill for more than 17 years. Every day he has to ensure the water treatment process runs properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">After being drawn from the river the water runs through a cleansing process to ensure it is ready to use in the mill. After use it is thoroughly treated to ensure it can be released back into the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">\u201cWe treat the water to make sure it is free from any bacteria and harmful elements. In the end, the water is ready to be streamed into the reservoir, then later into the mills and households around Pangkalan Kerinci,\u201d explained Yulius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">\u201cEvery day for two hours, I check the water treatment process in the clarifier, as well in the mill. I need to control the water quality, check if the process meets the operational standards, and monitor the operators\u2019 skill and discipline,\u201d said Yulius, who graduated from Padang Industrial Technology Academy in Chemical Technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Yulius believes that <\/span><a href=\"\/en\/sustainability\/sustainability-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sustainability<\/a> is vital<span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">. \u201cI still want to dedicate my work to RAPP, so I can help to provide clean water for people around here,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water is essential for both life and industry. But these two demands don\u2019t have to be mutually exclusive. 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