There are various laundry services available identified in three aspects, commercial, institutional and industrial laundry facilities. All of which launders numerous amounts of fabrics available in different varieties and usage. Some of which, washes fabrics used at specific locations or areas where they stand often referred to as On Premises Laundry (OPL). They specifically reside in hotels, hospitals, universities, condominiums etc. On the other hand, commonly referred to as Industrial Laundries, are centralized contractual laundry services, which caters to other businesses (specifically restaurant cloths, bed linens, uniforms etc.). Both of these use cosmic amounts of water at varying efficiency levels.

Proper water management is critical for suitable operations of natural system for the support of human society. According to Reisenberger and Koeller (2005), research show that the major contributors of environmental problems are laundry services specifically commercial laundries. For a span of 50 years since the laundry industry started, the rise of technology did not provide much difference in terms of water consumption. As estimated, a pound of laundry consumes approximately three gallons of water which ends up in the sewage immediately afterwards. Trying to reduce it to as much as 2 gallons per pound is considered efficient water consumption in commercial laundry though it’s not most of the time achievable due to varying types of fabrics. In some cases, laundry services tend to recycle rinse water for wash cycle as recommended except in rare conditions where sanitation and health codes prohibit it. Water recycling requires special equipment to filter, sanitize, treat, and store the water, which is very costly and high maintenance5. This, oftentimes, result to laundry services cutting cost and settling for bigger water consumption rather than higher operational expense.