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Radar 7/7 To match their achievement, an organisation must measure the water input from its mains supply, surface water abstraction, groundwater abstraction and rainwater collection. It must also measure water output as trade effluent and demonstrate reduction in water use over time to both water inputs and trade effluent. In addition, the company has to achieve a passing score of 60% on a qualitative assessment of water governance, measurement and management. Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has made significant changes to its manufacturing process, including using dry and semi-dry lubricants to move cans and PET bottles along production lines and employing air, rather than water rinsers, to rinse bottles and cans before they are filled. The company has also adopted recycle and reclaim loops that recover any water used for further cleaning processes and is harvesting rainwater which can then be used for washing vehicles and for flushing toilets. CCE chief executive and chairman, John F Brock, said: "Water is fundamental to our business and our communities. Coca Cola Enterprises is one of four companies which have already been awarded the new standard By measuring and managing our water impact within our operations as well as across our value chain, we can address longer-term water scarcity issues. "This certification recognizes the progress we have made towards becoming a water-sustainable operation." It's a similar story at Sainsbury's where water stewardship is one of the company's key environmental targets, forming part of its 20x20 Sustainability Plan. Working with leading water manage- ment specialists, Waterscan, the retailer is on track to achieve its target of a 50% reduction in its water use by the end of March 2013. Over the past year Sainsbury's has focused on identifying and eradicating underground water leaks by installing automatic meter loggers on incoming water metres. It identified a leak at its supermarket in Wigan saving 21 Olympic sized swimming pools worth of water each year.