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Company indicator 1
Water consumption at the PGNiG Group in 2019–2020, by source
| Water (mcm) | 2020 | 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGNiG Group* | PGNiG* | PGNiG Group | PGNiG | |
| surface water withdrawn from own intake points | 152.6 | – | 142.4 | – |
| ground water withdrawn from own intake points | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| rainwater | – | – | – | – |
| purchased from the mains, surface and ground water intakes | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
As part of its exploration and production work, the PGNiG Group’s objectives with respect to protecting surface and underground water resources are to reduce water consumption in processes and by humans. The Group identifies sources of water supply and ways of water storage in order to use it in the most efficient manner in a given region without restraining other users’ access to that natural resource. To this end, rules have been put in place for water and wastewater management, requiring recording and measuring the volumes of purchased and abstracted water. To reduce water consumption, drilling mud is treated and reused. The most common devices for treating drilling mud are washing cradles, vibrating screens, centrifuges, desilters, desanders. Rock pieces from drilling mud are loaded into steel tanks, are regularly collected by licensed collectors and transported directly to waste recovery or disposal facilities.