AFRICAN BEVERAGES INDUSTRIES WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE (ABIWSI)

Background

Although Africa is endowed industrial and agricultural surface water or groundwater w i t h a b u n d a n t w a t e r pollution; disposal of sewage and polluted water. As much resource, distribution and and municipal solid waste into as the type of water that is availability for use varies s t o r m d r a i n s ; a n d being used differs within the widely. The African Water uncontrolled leaching of toxic region, the impacts of goods Development Report (AWDR) materials from dumpsites into and services on freshwater underlines that the challenge water bodies. Often, industrial systems can lead to local for Africa is to reverse the waste is being discharged into water depletion and pollution. present trends of rapid water rivers and lakes without Assessing the water footprint resources degradation treatment. The consequence of a product, community or through an integrated is that concentration of waste business is an innovative tool approach to land and water exceeds the ability of water to measure the location, time, resources management within bodies to assimilate them volume and type of water a h olis tic f ramew ork. resulting in lack of access to that is used to produce the A number of African countries clean water and widespread goods and services consumed are already facing water waterborne and water‐based by communities or produced shortage owing to natural and diseases. by business. Looking at the human factors and further production side, water is the Countries use diverse types of e x a c e r b a t e d b y h i g h principal raw material for water such as rainwater, population growth. Examples beverage industries. of such factors include OBJECTIVE

The broad objective of this initiative is to promote efficient utilization of water and reduction of water discharge from African beverage industries and through this contribute to the fulfilment of the African Water Vision.

African Brewery Sector Water Saving Initiative

The availability of water in This also indicates that there and an in‐plant assessment adequate quantity and are opportunities for Cleaner that were conducted under quality determines the Production measures to the African Brewery Sector viability of these industries. r e d u c e t h e w a t e r Water Saving Initiative The potential to reduce the consumption in these (ABREW) in four African water consumption in these industries. Based on the countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, industries in Africa is outcome from a sectoral Morocco and Uganda) and in considerable, considering study (which showed that the context of the African t h a t t h e y e x c e e d African breweries are Water Vision, the African international bench marks for consuming 75‐200% of water Beverage Industry Water w a t e r c o n s u m p t i o n above the global bench- Saving Initiative (ABIWSI) significantly. mark), a framework analysis was formulated.

AFRICAN BEVERAGES INDUSTRIES WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE (ABIWSI)

ABIWSI’s specific objectives Implementation of ABIWSI

 B u i l d i n g t e c h n i c a l The initiative is currently being capacities of African implemented in eighteen companies in beverage industries, seven countries (Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, industry support centres Rwanda, , Uganda and a n d w a t e r Zimbabwe) in collaboration with the management institutions National Cleaner Production Centres. on integrating cleaner The participating breweries were able to production approaches. reduce their water consumption from an average of 16‐22 hL water /hL to 8‐11 hL water/hL, and participating soft  Promoting water‐demand drinks companies have reduced the side management and water consumption to an average promoting Public‐Private of 4.5 hL water /hL beverage. Partnerships (PPPs), which facilitate the proactive It is envisaged to up-scale the initiative engagement of African and to extent it to the entire region – beverage industries in this publication of fact sheets aims to improving their water disseminate the results within the region utilization and in reducing and thus to support market uptake, their waste discharges. verificat ion, de velo pme nt and application of technical standards,  Contributing to dialogue on identification of and collaboration with required policy and users as well as identifying potential strategy reorientation for partners and sources of finance for more sustainable continued up‐scaling of the initiative patterns with regard to within the region. The results will also be water management promoted through the Resource and utilisation. Efficient and Cleaner Production Network (RECPnet) that brings together National Cleaner Production Centres and RECP promoting institutions.

BEDELE BREWERY SHARE COMPANY

General Information

Bedele Brewery was established in 1993 in the South Western of Ethiopia, Oromia Region, Illubabor Zone Bedele City, 500km from Addis Ababa.

The main market for Bedele is the domestic mainly in the north west, west, south, central and south west of Ethiopia. Beer is also export- ed to USA, Canada, Australia, Israel and Su- dan. The factory is owned by the Government of Ethiopia, under the control of the Federal At the moment Bedele has a production capac- Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Privatization ity of 250.000 hl/yr. and Public Enterprise Supervising Agency Bedele has the following management systems in place: ISO:9001:2000, ISO 14001-2004.

Bedele’s KPI [hl/hl] monthly average was 7.25 in 2010 Outputs

Bedele’s KPI [hl/hl] in 2010 The main output is: Beer: 250.000 hl/yr (in 2010) 14 12 10 8 hl/hl 6 KPI 4 2 0 Jan Mar May July Sept Nov

Water use and effluent treatment

Effluent treatment methods: Currently Bedele is treating its effluent from the production process and finally discards their effluent in the Nile. Since Ethiopia hasn’t put a Polluter Pays Principle in place, Bedele is not paying for discarding their effluent.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI BEDELE BREWERY SHARE COMPANY

Water awareness and reduction measures

In order to reduce their water consumption,  The brewery has its own water treatment Bedele has taken the following measures: and dispenser system. During dispensing for production there is pneumatic flow sensor to  Maintenance of the water dispensing line add or stop additional pumps to meet the and standardization of all water flow meters minimum water pressure requirement but this with the initial measurement was carried. system was not functional for long period of  CO2 plant’s water draining from time as a result the water was supplied for compressor was identified and simple pipeline production with two pumps continuously. was constructed to the main cooling tower Identifying this, the technical team adjusted reservoir to retain water. the system and put the control mechanism

 The brewery has two wort cooling system with the necessary document together with the old and new one, the new due to minor the operator’s training. The result is technical failures was non functional for the satisfactory that 90% of the time the last 10 months and this problem was solved dispensing is by single pump, meeting the by the brewery technical team and the new minimum water pressure requirements

computer aided cooling system was functional  The necessary signs and posters were since January. The two cooling systems have placed near potential water draining sites with 100% water saving difference. necessary training to all the personnel.

Impact of ABIWSI After implementation of ABIWSI the average KPI of 15.1 hl/hl reduced to an average of 9.97 hl/hl by the end of August 2010.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI BEDELE BREWERY SHARE COMPANY

Specific process information

Bedele is the one of the largest beer producers in Ethiopia. Underneath is a global process diagram.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI CROWN BEVERAGES LIMITED

General Information

Crown Beverage Limited was established in 1987. The main market for Crown is local. Crown currently employs approximately 402 people and as a production installed capacity of 1,468,800 hl/yr (out-put for 2010 was about 64.6% of installed capacity). A growth of 15% was anticipated in 2011. The yearly turn-over is approximately 55.7 Billion Ugandan Shilling/year. Crown has the following management systems in place: Quality, Information (ERP), Security Health and Safety. The type of management systems under development: Environmental Management System (ISO 14001).

Crowns Water KPI [hl/hl] average in Crowns Water KPI [hl/hl] average in 2010 was 3.79 2011 was 3.71

Crowns Water KPI [hl/hl] in 2010 Crowns Water KPI [hl/hl] in 2011

5 4 4 3.8 3 3.6 hl/hl hl/hl 2 KPI 3.4 KPI 1 3.2 0 3 Jan. Mar May July Sept Nov Jan. Mar May July Sept Nov

Major inputs 2010 2011 Remarks Major outputs 2010 2011 Remarks

Steam (Boiler 1,119,389 1,144,150 Carbonated soft 948,333 1,044,170 Fuel) Litres drinks (hl) Water (hl) 3,603,730 3,869,270 Waste water (hl) 2,054,000 2,036,000 Estimated

Electricity (Kwh) 3,970,472 4,262,353 Broken & worn 32,533 116,398 Major out glass (Kgs) replace- Sugar (Kgs) 13,016,40 14,511,026 ment of 6 worn-out Concentrates 25,531 28,261 (Units) Backwash water 108,000 109,900 Recycling Carbon dioxide 1,062,300 New beverage (hl) started Dec (Kgs) 1,429,757 processor was 2011 installed. Caustic Soda (Kgs) 254,970 342,850

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI CROWN BEVERAGES LIMITED

Specific process information

Crown is one of the larger soft-drink producers in Uganda. Below is the Crown process diagram

Water Sugar, Con-

Backwash Syrup Steam Boiler fumes

Syrup mix- Cooling

Caustic Treated Syrup propor- tioning Steam water CO2

Bottles Bottle Filling heads Compressed Air

Waste Packing & Crate Crates

Broken & worn

Storage & Damaged Filling rejects

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI CROWN BEVERAGES LIMITED

Water use and effluent treatment Water awareness and reduction measures

Source of process waste streams by In order to reduce their 1 meetings at start of water: National segregation of solid water consumption, the production. Water and Sewerage and liquid wastes, Crown has taken the  Awareness among Corporation. highly acidic into following measures: septic tank, highly different Effluent treatment alkaline caustic into  Continuous management levels methods: Lucas 1, reclamation tanks. monitoring of leaks (top, operational, Aerobic reactor, The solid wastes are and stopping them as supervisory) in the construction in good collected and taken soon as noticed. company: The water progress. KPI is circulated on to the designated city  Displaying of photos/ daily basis and The main problem council damping site, Videos of areas of emphasis to keep the company is facing however this does loss, and calling for within the set targets. with their effluent: not include the immediate Also weekly KPIs for Construction of a broken and worn out rectification. waste water glass plus the plastic different materials treatment plant which crates which are  Sensitization of the water inclusive are workers. discussed in the top is very expensive. taken for recycling. management staff  Put flashguns on all The following meeting. measures are taken the cleaning hose to reduce the impact pipes.  Effluent discharge costs: Repair costs of the effluent on the  Recirculating cooling for drain channels environment: water of sugar and covering gratings Reduction of waste dissolving pump. from source, but exact amount management of  Recovery of bottle could not be washer condensate. established.  EMS and Eco-benefit The main focus of the Benefits programmes are in company’s Corporate progress. Social Responsibility After implementation of ABIWSI the average KPI  Automation of the (CSR) programme put of 4.2 hl/hl reduced to an average of 3.7 hl/hl for bottle washer for emphasis on social the year 2011, and at that average KPI the both water and steam environmental and savings in terms of water only for that year is control. economic sustainability. 52,208,500 litres (USD 40,513).  Construction of Examples of the 100m3 Rain Water Company’s CSR- Harvest Tank, so far programme on water 600,000 litres are: Making proper harvested. trenches to ensure no  Reduction of water stagnation of both the usage in toilets by effluent and the storm reducing the volume per flush. waters. Separation of highly acidic and highly  Water use awareness alkaline discharges campaign from the effluent programme: Daily water KPI monitoring channel which dis- and communicating charges into the of the results in level swamp.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI DASHEN BREWERY P.L.C

General Information

Dashen Brewery lies 750 km north of the capital Addis Ababa.

The factory is owned by the Government of Ethiopia, under the control of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Privatization and Public Enterprise Supervising Agency.

Specific process information

Dashen is the one of the larger Beer-producers in Ethiopia. Underneath is a global process diagram.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI DASHEN BREWERY P.L.C

Dashen’s KPI [hl/hl] monthly average Water awareness and reduction measures was 8.81 in 2010

In order to reduce their water consumption, Dashen’s KPI [hl/hl] in 2010 Dashen has taken the following measures:  Mass and efficient production 10 8  Elimination of leakages 6  Proper usage of condensate water for hl/hl 4 KPI boiler feed 2  Monitoring of blow down rate of boilers 0  Use water from bottle washer for crate Jan Mar May July Sept Nov washing  Reduction of back wash frequencies of sand filters and carbon filters

Impact of ABIWSI In 2010 the KPI on water consumption varied quite substantially, ranging from 7.96 hl/hl to 9.69 hl/hl.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI DELTA BEVERAGES

General Information

Delta was established in 1898 in Harare, Zimbabwe as the Salisbury Beer Brewery and Ice Factory Company. Main market for Delta: Northern Region of Zimbabwe Delta Lagers has SABMiller as a 36% shareholder amongst other shareholders and is quoted on the Zimbabwean Stock Exchange. At the moment Delta Lagers employs 426 people and currently has a production capacity of 1.3 mln hl/yr. A growth to approximately 2mln hectoliters is anticipated after completion of the new line in August 2012.

Delta SWI [hl/hl] monthly average was Delta hl/hl actual monthly average was 6.29 in 2010 7.35 in 2011

Delta hl/hl in 2011 Delta hl/hl in 2010

10 8 8 6 6 hl/hl (hl/hl) 4 4 Actual hl/hl SWI 2 2 0 0 Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Mar May July Sept Nov

Inputs/ Outputs

Inputs: Marley, Malt and Water Inputs: Marley, Malt and Water

Outputs: Beer: 1.14 mln hl/yr (in 2010) Outputs: Beer:1.3 mln hl/yr (2011)

Water awareness and reduction measures

In order to reduce their water consumption, quickly identify leaks Delta Southerton Plant has taken the following measures:  Installation Condensate recovery system  Training of critical resource personnel  Leak detection and tracking system  Sectional metering  Investment in a 42000bottles /hr line  Investment in the recovery and reuse of commissioning set for September/October treated waste water 2012  Continuous monitoring of the water  To decommission line 2 a 1992 Krones line consumption which is a major water consumer in September 2012  Installation of overhead water system to

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI DELTA BEVERAGES

Specific process information

Delta Lagers is the largest beer-producer in Zimbabwe. Underneath is a global process diagram.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI HARAR BREWERY SHARE COMPANY (HBSC)

General Information

Harar Brewery Share Company (HBSC) was HBSC has the established in 1984 in Harar, 515 km from following the capital Addis Ababa. management systems in place: The main market for HBSC is the domestic mainly in the eastern, western and central ISO-22000-2005, of Ethiopia. The products of the brewery are ISO 14001-2004, also exported to USA, Canada, Australia and three times Sudan. Since June 2011 the factory is National Green owned by Heineken International. Award winner, HBSC currently has 657 permanent and in 2010- employees and has a production capacity of Ethiopian Quality 387,000 hl/yr. The production growth is Award for its leadership, business and anticipated to 429,000 Hl in 012/2013. environmental performance, enhancement of quality, corporate social responsibility and The yearly turn-over is approximately citizenship. 364,608, 675.82 Birr/year The company has fully implemented

integrated information management system.

Harar Brewery water consumption KPI [hl/hl] in 2010 Inputs/Outputs

Major inputs Major outputs are: Harar Brewery water consumption KPI Malt : 5,039,100 kg/yr Beer : 300.000 hl/yr [hl/hl] in 2010 Yeast : 300,000kg/year Yeast : 600,000 kg/yr 7.8 Water : 720 hl CO2 : 25,560 l/yr 7.6 Effluent : 1,860,000 hl/yr 7.4 hl/hl 7.2 KPI Package 7 material : 129,078 kg/yr 6.8 Jan Mar May July Sept Nov

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov 2011 Average

KPI 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.1

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI HARAR BREWERY SHARE COMPANY (HBSC)

Specific process information

The brewery uses spring water, 100% barley malt, brewery’s yeast and hops for its production and produces three different types of brands.

1. Harar lager beer alcoholic content of 4.25%

2. Hakim beer alcoholic content of 5.5%

3. Harar sofi (non-alcoholic malt drink) and Lemon Flavored sofi

Below is the process diagram of HBSC

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI HARAR BREWERY SHARE COMPANY (HBSC)

Water use and effluent treatment Water awareness and reduction measures

Harar Brewery uses sludge tank and six In order to reduce and business water from Hakim sludge drying beds. water consumption, sustainability. gara spring, located the company has The main problems Examples of the near the premises, taken the following the company is facing Company’s CSR- and supplements this measures: with its effluent programme are: with water it pumps treatment: Training was given from Finkile, located  Supply of pure to all the breweries 33 km from the site.  High level of COD water for the employees to raise Since the water is and BOD load due to community in Finkele. general awareness on extracted form a excess yeast spent water usage. spring and bore released to the  Construction of whole, it is not being effluent. Identifying water health centre at paid for. leakage and wastage Finkele (water source The efficiency of  areas. area) The company has a the effluent waste water treatment with the Preventing leakage  Afforestation of treatment plant to growth of the and wastage of water Hakim Gara (spring treat its effluent. The production capacity. by preventive and water source area) treatment plant has corrective  Beautification of one primary settling  Maintenance of maintenance. road sides of Harar tank, one biological the waste water Installing water and Dire Dawa town. filter, two secondary treatment plant. meter in production, settling tank, one boiler and water  Construction of treatment plants to asphalt road in Harar town. Benefits monitor efficient utilization of water.  Construction of a After implementation product loss, bottle Using standard lime recreation centre of ABIWSI the breakage and etc. for water treatment Harar town. average KPI of 8.08 to decrease water  Reduction of wastage during  Construction of hl/hl reduced to an pollution at the treatment of water. 13 Km Rural road average of 7.1 hl/hl source and saving from Haramya by the end of 2011. The main focus of the resources (improved companies Corporate university up to Other benefits BOD5 COD and TDS) Social Responsibility Water source area obtained after the (CSR) programme  Benefits from start of the ABIWSI: put emphasis on conservation: spring social environmental  Improved water yield increased utilization of from 30% to 60% resources like furnace and reduced oil, sanitation and treatment costs. water treatment chemicals, energy,

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI META ABO BREWERY SHARED COMPANY

General Information

Meta Abo Brewery was established in 1967 and is located in Sebata, 27 km from Addis Ababa. While the majority of Meta lager beer produced is locally distributed, a considerable size is also exported to the USA, Canada, Australia, Israel and the Sudan and has generated a remarkable feedback. Meta Abo was owned by the Government of Ethiopia, under the control of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Privatization and Public Enterprise Supervising Agency until the end of 2011.

During this time, Meta Abo employed 797 people and has produced 363.567 hl in 2010. A growth to 620.000 hl is anticipated for the near future. Meta Abo has the following management systems in place: ISO:9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 Meta Abo’s KPI [hl water/hl beer] Meta Abo’s KPI [hl water/hl beer] monthly average was 8.07 in 2010 monthly average was 7.70 in 2011

Meta Abo’s KPI [hl water/hl beer] in 2010 10 9 8 7 6

5 hl/hl 4 3 2 1 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Input/Outputs/Packaging materials

Inputs Outputs Main consumable packaging materials (in pieces) Malt (The brewery 6,965,000 kg/yr Beer 363.567 hl/yr (in Paper Label 33,740,000 uses 100% barley 2009/2010 malt. No Adjunct budget year) is used) Steam 6300 kg (for the Yeast N/A Aluminum foil 637,000 production of 100

CO2 900ton/yr Crown corks 8,661x7,200 Effluent N.A

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI META ABO BREWERY SHARED COMPANY

Water use and effluent treatment Water awareness and reduction measures

The company uses Major problems the In order to reduce Examples of the spring water in the company is facing their water Company’s CSR- brewing process with the effluent consumption, Meta programme on where water is also are: Abo has taken the water are: used for services. In following  Unable to meet order to reduce the measures:  Supplying water release of waste the national effluent for free water, fulfill the discharge standard,  Creation of  Supplying electric brewery’s though there are a lot awareness and power environmental, social of improvements ensuring commitment and moral obligation made since the of the top No waste water is in all operations of implementation of management team in reused in the the brewery and to ISO 14001:2004 water saving. production process. enhance efficient Environmental  Formation of water utilization Meta Management System water saving team. Abo has started a since 2005. After implementation water saving  Financial  Identification of of ABIWSI the initiative. As a result constraint and high the major average KPI has of this initiative, investment need to stakeholders of the dropped from an extravagant water install efficient waste brewery. average of 12.76 hl/ usage and high water water treatment hl in 2009 to 8.05 hl/ consumption in the  Communicating hl in 2010. plant. brewery has been the major stake- reduced. On the The following holder to work with same token the measures are the brewery in water awareness of taken to reduce the saving. employees to reduce impact of the  Developing water water has increased. effluent on the Since the water is environment: saving detail extracted from a proposal.  Using lagoon spring and well, it is  Implementing the not being paid for. system to reduce the amount of effluent water saving pollutant released to proposal. Effluent treatment the environment. The main focus of the company’s Corporate methods:  Regular and Social Responsibility standardized Since Ethiopia has (CSR) programme management of not put a Polluter put emphasis on wastes according to Pays Principle in social environmental ISO 14001:2004 place, Meta Abo is and economic requirements. not paying for sustainability. discarding their  Awareness effluent. However, creation among the the brewery uses employees of the waste water brewery how to han- treatment lagoons to dle wastes and reduce pollution load. reduce them at the source.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI NATIONAL ALCOHOL AND LIQUOR FACTORY (NALF)

General Information

NALF was established in 1920 in Sebeta. In denatured alcohol 1955 a branch opened in Mekanisa and in 1973 for private and in Addis Ababa. NALF is divided into four governmental branches Maichew, Mekanisa, Akaki and organizations. NALF Sebeta. The Mekanisa and Akaki branches currently employs produce pure alcohol, whereas the Maichew approximately 500 branch produces only bottled alcoholic people. beverages. However, Sebeta is the only branch A growth of 5% having both the distillery and bottling sections. increase in Currently the factory uses comparatively old production technologies both in distillery and bottling capacity is sections. anticipated in 2011. The national alcohol and liquor factory is an The yearly turn-over is over 100 mln Bir/year. alcoholic beverages producing factory in NALF has the following management systems addition to pure alcohol and denatured alcohol in place: ISO 9001-2008. holding nearly 60% of the market. Currently NALF has launched a five year expansion Type of management systems under project with nearly 400 million birr. development: ISO 14001-2004 (EMS), Business process re-engineering. Products of NALF alcoholic beverages: Baros dry gin, Double ouzo, Ouzo red label, Supermint liquer, Orange liquer, Coffee liqueur, Bitter, Fernit digestive, Pernoud, Apperetif, Cognac, Lemmon liquer, Brandy. In addition the company delivers pure alcohol and Inputs/outputs

Major inputs kg/LT produced alcohol Major outputs lt/yr Molasses 6.6 Pure Alcohol 1.5 million Furnace oil 0.6 Denatured alcohol 91,769.16 Yeast 0.000023 Effluent: M3 of waste water / M3 of pure Sulphuric acid 025 alcohol produced: 0.85 and stillage (vinasse) from distillery: 0.083 M3/ M3 of Dap 0.0118 pure alcohol produced

Other inputs for the production of 100 hl of

Steam 3000 Water 3.6 M3

Average KPI for LT of water/ Lt of pure alcohol produced/day in 2010: 14.2Lt/lt of pure alcohol.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI NATIONAL ALCOHOL AND LIQUOR FACTORY (NALF)

Specific process information Water awareness and reduction measures

NALF is the largest alcohol-producers in Ethiopia. In order to reduce their water consumption, Below is the process diagram. NALF has taken the following measures:  Collect and reuse the spent syrup preparation to reduce water- and molasses consumption.  Separate tank shall be prepared to collect the discharge of clean water and reuse it for cleaning purpose and molasses syrup preparation.  Every two days, about 1/3 of the make up water in the cooling tower is used to fill up the hot water. The discharge water can be collected and used for cleaning purposes or for diluting waste water from the production.  In the boiler section reuse of discharged water is promoted.  In order to find quantitative figures, water flow meters will have to be installed in the various sections of the production plants.  Water recycling protocol/procedures: not yet developed  Water use awareness campaign programme: awareness creation programmes have been conducted for top and middle management.  Training programme on water saving initiatives: have been conducted for top and middle management. Water use and effluent treatment

Source of process water: NALF uses ground water NALF is currently building a new production plant for all the activities related to fermentation. Since just outside Addis Ababa. In this plant various the water is extracted from the ground, it is not measures to minimize the water consumption being paid for. are taken. Some examples of these are: Effluent treatment methods: Currently waste  Modern measurements of all input materials water from yeast propagation and fermentation including water. vessel washing and sludge from fermented mash clarification are not treated but discarded in a  Recycling of grey water. stream. Since Ethiopia hasn’t put a Polluter Pays Raw materials recovery from spent washes. Principle in place, NALF is not paying for  discarding its effluent.  Emission control by using modern steam boilers.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI NYANZA BOTTLING CO. LIMITED

General Information

Nyanza Bottling Co. Ltd was established in 1988 and is a subsidiary company of The

Sumaria Group of Companies, based at the shores of Lake Victoria in Mwanza city.

The Company produces and distributes carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and non carbonated beverages packaged in refillable glass bottles (RGB) and plastic bottles (PET) respectively.

The company has over 13000 outlets and serves over 12 million consumers in six regions Nyanza has the following management systems (Mwanza, Mara, Kagera, Shinyanga, Tabora and in place: HACCP Certificate in 2005 and ISO Kigoma). 22000 Food and Safety Management Certificate in 2007. At the moment Nyanza employs approximately 520 people and has a production capacity of 1.1 mln hl of beverage. A growth to 1,16 mln hl of beverage is anticipated for in 2011.

Nyanza’s KPI [hl/hl] monthly average in 2010 was 2.85 Inputs/outputs

Some of the major outputs are: Nyanza’s KPI [hl/hl] in 2010 1.1 mln hl of beverage 4

3

hl/hl 2 KPI 1

0 Jan Mar May July Sept Nov

Water use and effluent treatment

The main sources of water are:  The governmental raw water used for producing Beverage after passing several steps of treatment.

 The Underground water which is used for producing natural water

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI NYANZA BOTTLING CO. LIMITED

Specific process information Water awareness and reduction measures

Nyanza is one of the larger soft-drink In order to reduce their water consumption, producers in Tanzania. Nyanza has taken the following measures: Underneath is a global process diagram:  Preventive maintenance of the main installation Water Supply  Recirculation of cooling water treatment inputs  Reuse of treated waste water

Syrup prepa-  Installation of overhead tanks for ration employees toilets

Bottles Syrup mixture

Filling heads CO2 (optional)

Pasteurizer

Storage & transport

Impact of ABIWSI In the beginning of January 2010 the KPI was 3.33 hl/hl. After implementation of ABIWSI the KPI reduced to 2.93 hl/hl by the end of November 2010.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI TANZANIA BREWERIES LIMITED

General Information

Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) was established in 2002. It is the largest producer of beer in Tanzania and has manufacturing plants at three locations, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Arusha and Mbeya.

Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) manufactures sells and dis- tributes clear beer, alcoholic fruit beverages (AFB’s) and non- alcoholic beverages. TBL has a controlling interest in Tanzania Distilleries Limited.

TBL is part of SABMiller, which is the second largest world’s brewer.

The yearly turn-over is approximately 293,000 M Tsh (in 2010). Specific process information

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI SERENGETI BREWERIES LIMITED

General Information

Serengeti Breweries Limited was established in 2002. It is the second largest producer of beer in Tanzania and has manufacturing plants at three locations, Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and a new one coming up in Moshi.

SBL produces both alcoholic and non-alcoholic products. Major brands are Serengeti Premium lager, Tusker, The kick, Uhuru peak lager and Vita malt Plus.

The company has a strong distribution network, which covers entire Tanzania and also exports the beer to neighbouring countries.

At the moment Serengeti Breweries employs approximately 300 people.

Serengeti Breweries KPI [hl/hl] monthly average was 9.04 in 2010

Serengeti Breweries KPI [hl/hl] in 2010 20 18 16 14 12

10 hl/hl 8 6 4 2 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov

KPI 19 11 10 9.9 9.2 7.1 7.2 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI SERENGETI BREWERIES LIMITED

Specific process information

Serengeti Breweries is the second largest Beer-producers in Tanzania. Underneath is a global process diagram.

Benefits Water awareness and reduction measures After implementation of ABIWSI the In order to reduce their water consumption, average KPI of has dropped from 19 hl/hl Serengeti Breweries has taken the following in the beginning of 2010 to 6.5 hl/hl in measures: November 2010.  Formation of water saving team.  Identification of the possible hotspots.  Setting KPI.  Preparation of a M&E system.  Improved (corrective & preventive) maintenance

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI SOCIÉTÉ NATIONAL D’INDUSTRIES NUTRITIVÉ (SONUT)

General Information

SONUT Ltd was established in 1963 and is owned by SONID Investment Group.

The Company is capable of producing all kinds of carbonated soft drinks in various types of containers and packages.

SONUT boasted the production of a distinguished wide range of beverages, which are enjoyed and admired by many consumers. SONUT has the following management systems in place: ISO9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and At the moment SONUT has a production OHSAS18001. capacity of 720.000 hl of beverage. Type of management systems under A growth to 865.500 hl of beverage is development: HACCP Certificate anticipated in 2011.

SONUT’s KPI [hl/hl] monthly average in 2010 was 5.72 Inputs/outputs

Some of the major outputs are: SONUT’s KPI [hl/hl] in 2010 720.000 hl of beverage

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Water use and effluent treatment

The main sources of water are:  The governmental raw water used for producing Beverage after passing several steps of treatment.

 The Underground water which is used for producing natural water

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI SOCIÉTÉ NATIONAL D’INDUSTRIES NUTRITIVÉ (SONUT)

Specific process information Water awareness and reduction measures

SONUT is one of the larger soft-drink In order to reduce their water consumption, producers in Egypt. SONUT has taken the following measures: Underneath is a global process diagram.  A quick scan of the production plant  Team formation to study the water Water Supply consumption. treatment inputs  Improved maintenance.

Syrup  Repair of the cooling system preparation  Awareness training programme on water saving initiatives for the production, Bottles Syrup Engineering and Quality team members mixture and the site management team.

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Storage & transport

Impact of ABIWSI After implementation of ABIWSI the average KPI of 7.0 hl/hl reduced to an average of 4.5 hl/hl by the end of November 2010.

AFRICAN BEVERAGE INDUSTRY WATER SAVINGS INITIATIVE - ABIWSI