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In Europe, there are around 26,000 aggregates sites, nearly 60% of which carry out the washing of materials as part of the production process. For several years, the industry has taken action to encourage aggregate producers to continuously improve training, control of water consumption and their knowledge of water streams.

Fresh water is water taken from sources such as lakes, rivers, reservoirs, lochs, ponds and stream that has not been cleaned to drinking water standard. Such water is said to be free from contaminants with minimal amounts of silt meaning basic pump materials can be used which is typically cast iron. However if water is stood within the cast iron pump for some time it can discolour the water which may be undesirable for the pumping process. Uses include abstraction for fresh water cooling of equi...