Our approach to fresh water
We manage our use of water carefully and invest in new approaches and technologies to use it more efficiently.
Fresh water
Few natural resources are as essential for human development as fresh water – we drink it, wash in it, grow food with it, use it to manufacture goods and produce energy. We are reducing our use of fresh water by finding new ways to reuse and recycle waste water.
In this section
Smart ways to save water
Global resources of fresh water are coming under greater pressure as the world’s population grows and demand for food and energy increases.
Down the drain… and into energy production
In an unusual arrangement with a city in Canada, we use treated waste water instead of precious fresh water to boost natural gas production.
A natural filter for water
In the Omani desert, reed beds are being used to naturally clean water produced as oil extracted, before it evaporates.
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Producing water in the desert
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Adapting to climate change
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