Introducing CHIMEI EDR Water Resource Center

To create a sustainable environment and to fulfill its corporate social responsibility, CHIMEI Corporation built at its Rende Site EDR Water Resource Center, the first reclaimed water system in Taiwans petrochemical industry and the largest EDR industrial waste water regeneration system in Taiwan. Today, the system operates smoothly and stably, capable of generating 3, 000 tons of reclaimed water daily (equivalent to the daily water consumption of 15, 000 people). Water reclaiming is used by CHIMEI to lower the impact of climate change and water shortage risks on its business operations; and maintain normal factory production and operations. Since its inception, CHIMEI has continued to seek means to realize a circular economy. To reduce its tap water consumption, CHIMEI has actively devoted itself to the reclaiming of industrial wastewater and domestic sewage. Efforts to develop reclaimed water technology began in 2016, when CHIMEI collaborated with the Water Technology Research Division (of the Mater