Baguio City (Metro Manila) — SM City Baguio launched today the first of its kind in a mall-setting a facility that will convert rainwater to potable water and help contribute to the city’s water conservation and recycling efforts.
“The mall’s Rainwater Filtration facility will supply the mall with enough potable water that can be redistributed to mall tenants for various uses, including washing, cleaning and safe for drinking, to help reduce sourcing from the communities’ water table, leaving more water supply for the Baguio community to use,” SM Supermalls Senior Vice President Bien C. Mateo disclosed.
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While SM has been recycling water for decades since the 1990’s, the water-saving innovation is part of SM Prime’s sustainability program towards responsible consumption and carbon footprint reduction, according to Mr. Mateo. “We invest in water conservation technology to eliminate water wastage and adopt stricter measures to reduce consumption. More innovations are being done to recycle more water and filter more rainwater across the properties and estates of SM Prime.”
In 2022, the real estate developer has recycled a total of 3.58 million cubic meters of water across its properties in the Philippines.
As of June 2023, SM Prime has already installed water catchment basins in 25 malls to help prevent flooding as well as soil erosion during heavy rains.
The rainwater catchment system installed in SM City Baguio can draw and store a total of 51 million liters of rainwater in a year, based on the 2022 PAGASA rainfall volume for Baguio City. This is equivalent to 20 Olympic-size swimming pools, 13.4M gallons of drinking water, 373,510 full baths and 672,318 10-minute showers.
How does it work?
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