Wastewater Reuse and Recycling

Organizer: Conventions & Fairs (India) Private Limited

Venue: Hitex Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad (India)

Description:

The WASTEWATER TREATMENT EXPO 2010 (WTE'10) is scheduled to be held from 9th to 12th December at Hitex Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad (India).  The event will be held in conjunction with WASTE MANAGEMENT EXPO 2010 (WME'10) supported by the National Solid Waste Management Association of India (NSWAI) and The Chartered Institution of Water and Environment Management (CIWEM).     

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Article and Image Courtesy: Consortium for DEWATS Dessemination Society

The July edition of e-Disha published by the Consortium of DEWATS Dissemination Society (CDD) has the following highlights:

Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment

Venue: Centre for Science and Environment, 41 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi

Description:

The water and sewage management in cities will determine the quality of life in urban India. Most cities are today water stressed, unable to cope with the water demand of the growing urban populations and to treat the resulting wastewater.

Some recent news items from the news feed that India Water Portal maintains at Newsrack: (http://newsrack.in/stories/arghyam/Water/55) :

• Six sewage treatment plants coming up in tsunami-affected areas of Nagapattinam, TN : https://www.thehindu.com/2010/05/31/stories/2010053157650600.htm

Highlights

• Kochi: To Get Rs 100 Crore Modern Sewerage System
• Punjab: Rs 53.58 Crore New Water Supply & Sewerage Project
• Pune: To Construct 120 MLD Water Filtration Plant
• Water.Org: Launches India WaterCredit Forum

The presentation deals with Mahindra and Mahindra’s (M&M) work on optimal utilization of groundwater resources in its vehicle manufacturing plant at Zaheerabad, Andhra Pradesh. M&M had taken help from ICRISAT and Groundwater Department of GoAP to study the hydro-geology and topography of the estate and prepare ground water maps.

A time bound master plan of water augmentation was worked out to undertake activities like rainwater harvesting pits, new locations for borewells/ openwells/ percolation tanks, planting of less water intensive trees, re-usage and re-cycling of wastewater, rainwater channels to recharge the under ground water reservoirs and installation of drip irrigation.

This presentation describes the work of ITC Saharanpur, a cigarette manufacturing company in the field of water conservation. Its water saving projects are centered around re-use of treated water for reducing water consumption, Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) based effluent network system in residential areas, rainwater harvesting, installation of Cold Plasma Unit in place of wet scrubbers and installation of a jet spray system.

Post forwarded by : Sekhar Raghavan

The CII-GBC National Awards for Excellence in Water Management 2007 are an important step towards encouraging,  supporting and applauding industry efforts to conserve water and reduce toxic effluent discharge. As India's economic boom gathers more and more momentum with each passing year, industrial water and energy use and related environmental impacts are going to be among the most critical factors in resource sustainability debates in the country and elsewhere. The companies portrayed represent a wide spectrum of industry: paper, metals, agro-processing, synthetic fibre, petroleum, transport, cement, energy, fertilizer, soft drinks and more.