Better management of water resources is a growing interest for many manufacturers as they seek to cut costs, mitigate risks, and reduce their environmental impact. Over the last couple of years, through the Better Buildings Challenge, DOE has worked closely with a select group of manufacturers with well-developed water management programs to better understand key details of their successful water management efforts, including the motivating factors behind their strategies, metrics used to track progress, and specific projects and activities implemented to achieve water savings. By summarizing insights gained from working with these partners, this paper aims to serve as a resource to other manufacturers developing new, or seeking to improve existing, water management programs.
