Aspect: Water
EN8 Total water withdrawal by sources
The increase in utility water consumption during 2013/14 resulted, above all, from the initial inclusion of the Duisburg-Walsum coal-fired power plant in these statistics. In contrast, the use of cooling water declined year-on-year, above all due to the lower use of the thermal power plants.
| EN8 Water withdrawal | 2013/141) | 2012/13 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking water (municipal suppliers) | m3 | 375,890 | 320,877 |
| Water use (groundwater) | m3 | 1,919,131 | 1,720,062 |
| Cooling water (surface waters) | m3 | 158,617,752 | 237,576,241 |
| All plants in Lower Austria, Bulgaria and Macedonia 1) From 2013/14 incl. WTE and Kraftwerk Duisburg-Walsum (proportionally) | |||
EN9 Sources of water that are fundamentally affected by the withdrawal of water
EVN plants obtain their water from municipal providers or groundwater wells. In 2013/14, the cooling water flow rate at the thermal power stations along the Danube River totalled 155.6m m³. This corresponds to 0.26% of the average annual volume of the Danube recorded at the Korneuburg gauge1) (measuring point number 207241), which amounted to 59,981m m³ and remains clearly below the allowed threshold of 5%.
1) Source: Austrian Hydrographical Annual 2010, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
EN10 Recovered and reused water
The EVN power plants reuse wastewater as process water whenever possible.
