里奥廷托集团公司称，其下属的公司面临水资源短缺的严重挑战。里奥廷托希望通过技高再利用率、改善效率、更多地使用汇积的雨水和矿坑水以及用低质量水取代高标准用水等措施，以降低新鲜水的消耗。1993年以来，尽管产量大幅度增加，但公司水的总耗量未增加1996年生产用水中67 Rio Tinto Group said its affiliated companies face serious challenges of water scarcity. Rio Tinto hopes to reduce the consumption of fresh water through technology reuse, improved efficiency, increased use of storm water and pit water, and the replacement of high-standard water with low-quality water. Since 1993, despite the substantial increase in production, the company’s total water consumption has not increased. In 1996, production water 67