BSIEM Project (2)

INTRODUCTION
- The Russian Federation does not lack natural water resources. With a per capita availability of 31,000 m3/year,
it holds the 3rd place in the world after Canada and Brazil.
- About 120 000 rivers - each more than 10 km long - flow across the territory of Russia.
Their total length is 2.3 million km.
- By 2025, according to the UN,
Russia, Nordic countries, South America and Canada will still rank among nations
with the highest availability of fresh water with more than 20 000 m3 per capita per year

WATER AVIABILITY IN RUSSIA
Many regions in Russia experience major problems with water availability due several factors:
to extremely uneven distribution of surface water resources;
high time-variability;
high degree of pollution.

SURFACE WATER QUALITY
Surface water
UNDERGROUND WATER
fail to comply with sanitary standards and norms (SanPiN)
40%
17%
The poor condition of many sources and systems negatively affects water supply to the population.

alrosa
Russian group of diamond mining companies that specialize in exploration, mining, manufacture, and sale of diamonds

ALROSA IN RATINGS
Ranked Top 5 of companies with sustainable development
(Polar Index)
2017
2018
Ranked #53 in Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI)
2021
Ranked #10 in Transparency in Corporate Reporting
(Russia)

Alrosa’s production set of mesures
deploying
water reclamation systems at production facilities to reduce their clean water intake;
reducing
the volume of pollutants emitted into the environment by upgrading the purification facilities
shifting
elimitating
the possibility of surface-level brine contamination by expanding the current network of drainage water injection wells.
to a water reclamation system at its ore treatment facilities
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In 2019 as a result of mining activities, the territory in general and Vilyuy river in particular, tremendously suffered severe heavy metal contamination.
Incidents

CONSEQUENCES
The judges passed by the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to bring ALROSA to administrative responsibility making it pay a fine of 50,000 rubles ($867.68) for violating the local water-use conditions.
incident went almost non-covered by the media outlets neither in Russia, nor in the world.

Alrosa’s FUTURE TRENDS at reducing
impact on water bodies
REDUCTION
CONTROL
SALWATER
monitoring
of raw water intake for production purposes due to water reuse systems applied
leakages from public and industrial water supply pipes and heating pipes and elimination of the leakages
injection (associated water from open pit mines and underground mines) to the underground water-bearing horizon
water object, control of natural and sewage water quality

FORD
dry-paint-spray system eliminated water from the car-painting process, and a new lubricant saved about 280,000 gallons per production line
practicies within foreign countries
Colgate-Palmolive
reduced the plant’s water use by 1.8 million gallons annually while also significantly reducing the amount of time required for cleaning and sanitizing.
LEVI STRAUSS
launched a Recycle & Reuse compliance program, which requires that each supplier meet certain limits; use a blend of at least 20 percent recycled water in its facility processing

FINAL CONCLUSION
The mining industry is currently faced with significant challenges not only in terms of energy usage, but water consumption as well.
The World Economic Forum7 predicts a shortfall of 40% between demand and supply of water by 2030. This represents the greatest global economic risk over the next decade.
Saving water is vital for the long-term sustainability of the mining industry. Embracing new technologies and strategies is one step in the right direction.