Amazon Web Services to be water positive by 2030
Amazon Web Services aims to achieve water positivity by 2030, giving back more water to communities than it consumes. Strategies include enhancing water efficiency, recycling, reducing consumption in facilities, and implementing replenishment projects, with new initiatives planned in India, the US, and Spain.
Amazon Web Services, Inc. has announced plans to become water positive by 2030, ‘returning more water to the communities than it uses in its direct operations’. The company plans to issue annual reports on its water use efficiency metric, new water reuse and recycling efforts, new activities to reduce water consumption in its facilities, and advancements in new and existing replenishment projects. The announcement details that new replenishment projects are scheduled in India, the UK, and the USA.
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