Toyota taps wells to beat water supply disruption in central Japan

Toyota said five of its plants were saving water and using storage water to circumvent the supply problem. - AFP

TOKYO (Reuters): Toyota Motor Corp is using well water at its factories to avoid the impact of an industrial water supply disruption in central Japan, a spokesperson said on Wednesday (May 18).

A leakage at a water facility in the Aichi prefecture has disrupted industrial water supply, affecting more than 130 business establishments, local government officials said. Those establishments include firms and factories with ties to Toyota.