UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016
Minimising the impact on the aquatic life and morphology of the ecosystem through the recycling of the water usage during the process
CERF SAS
Water Management Case Study
Mitigation of the flooding by using the quarry as a floodplain
GSM - Italcementi Group
Water Management Case Study
To promote the water circulation and therefore decrease the risks of rises in water level and floods
Holcim Granulats France
Water Management Case Study
To regulate rises in the water level of the Moselle river by integrating sand and gravel pits within the regional management plan of floods and to decrease risks of breaking embankments
Holcim Granulats France
Water Management Case Study
To provide a solution to the problem of frequent flooding
Lafarge France
Water Management Case Study
To reduce groundwater withdrawal.
Lafarge France
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
To give back the Main its natural meadow by integrating the gravel quarrying
Porzner-Kies Naturstein Zentrum Zapfendorf
Water Management Case Study
The gravel pit (operating under the water table by dredging) has been restored in order to improve the quality of water coming from the river Po.
Zucca e Pasta
Water Management Case Study
Ecological restoration of a sand and gravel pit
Holcim Romania
Water Management Case Study
Community-based environmental restoration
Lafarge/CRH (since 2014)
Water Management Case Study
The Company introduced a closed circuit to the aggregate washing process so that the used wash water was piped to a sludge settling tank
Aricemex
Water Management Case Study
Surface water collection system and irrigation pond (1.000.000 m3) construction
Hanson – Heidelberg Cement