Overexploitation, pollution, and droughts due to heat waves have dealt hard blows to the world’s potable water reserves. The United Nations Environment Programme talks about a “world’s water crisis” and “increasing pressures on the inland water system”.

Although water is not an essential material for the oil and chemicals industries, the Total’s plants consume considerable amounts of this natural resource and are sometimes located in environments where this resource is scarce. Optimizing consumption and releases is therefore a priority for Total.