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Census of Water Bodies

The following information was provided by the Minister of State, Jal Shakti, and Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in the Look Sabha. Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the first Census of Water Bodies in convergence with the Sixth Minor Irrigation Census. Guidelines for repair, renovation and restoration of water bodies (RRR of WBs) component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)-Her Chet Koi Pane (HKKP), under which the Ministry of Jal Shakti is providing financial assistance to states for identified schemes, were issued in January, 2022. These…

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Status of Projects under Navami Ganges Programmed

Shri Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State, Jal Shakti provided the following information in a written reply, in the Look Sabha. The Navami Ganges Programmed (NGP) is dynamic and evolving in nature to address the emerging needs and priorities for rejuvenation of river Ganga and its tributaries. Under the NGP, state level annual action plans are prepared and projects are developed by the States and taken up for implementation after due approval process and efforts are made to complete the projects by their scheduled timelines. Under NGP, state level annual action…

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10 crore rural households get drinking water through taps

As the country celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to mark 75 years of India’s Independence, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) achieves a new milestone by providing 10 crore rural households with safe and clean drinking water through taps. When the JJM was launched by Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, on 15 August 2019, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, only 3.23 Crore households in villages had access to a piped water connection. The country achieved the landmark of 10 crore functional household tap connection on 19 August 2022.…

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WASTE WATER IS A RESOURCE

By Mandar Vaijanapurkar In some cases, energy production has now reached a level where the energy recovered from waste water treatment process not only ensures the plant’s own needs, but also covers the energy needs for drinking, water production and so on. The worldwide consumption of drinking water is doubling every 20 years. At the same time, due to rapid industrialization and exponential growth in population, massive or huge amounts of wastewater is being discharged daily into our environment. However, only close to half of all wastewater is being treated…

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TRANSFORMING WATER LOSS INTO A WATER RESOURCE

By Ben Shenkar Presenting a revolutionary new paradigm for repairing distribution Networks with losses, from 25% and above, from within the pipe without the need for leak detection and excavation. Leaks creating water loss in pressurized urban water distribution pipes run rampant both in the developed part of the globe and for India as well, where leakage levels can, in some cases, top even 50% of the water that is distributed. This widespread phenomenon has traditionally been ignored or, at best, token efforts have been made to reduce visual breaks…

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SHANDONG METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING USES 3D MODELING TO DESIGN A LOW-CARBON EMITTING POWER PLANT

Use of 3D modelling Helps Gain Economic and Environmental Savings and Improve Drawing Efficiency by 60% Promoting Green Development in China Shandong Province Metallurgical Engineering Co., Ltd is an international engineering smelting company that integrates investment, consulting, design, construction, and operations. After more than 60 years of development, the organization has grown into one of the top 10 design institutes and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors in the metallurgical sector of China. Smelting iron and steel often produces by-products such as blast furnace gas, converter gas, and coke. The…

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HDR ENSURES SAFE OPERATIONS AT DIABLO DAM WITH A DIGITAL TWIN

Employment of Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Data, Helps Improving Maintenance and Decision-making. Seeking to Prevent Dam Disasters In February 2017, heavy rainfall in northern California overwhelmed the Oroville Dam. Officials discovered that erosion over time caused a crater to form in the main spillway, limiting the amount of water that could be discharged and contributing to Lake Oroville’s rising water level. As a result, water flowed over the previously unused emergency spillway, causing significant ground erosion and damage to the dam. Since the dam faced the possibility of collapse, more…

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HIDROING DEVELOPS SMART WATER SOLUTIONS FOR 144-YEAR-OLD WATER SUPPLY NETWORK INZAGREB, CROATIA

Open Flows and Open Utilities save 16 Months when Delivering One of the Largest Digital Twins in Eastern Europe Modernizing One of the World’s Oldest Water Supply Systems Originally constructed in 1878, the 144- year-old Zagreb water supply system is one of the oldest functioning water networks in the world. At that time, the capacity of the constructed system was 53.2 liters per second via a 4-kilometerlong pipeline that provides water to 11,150 of the 30,000 inhabitants in Zagreb, the capital and largest city of Croatia. ViO Zagreb has been…

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GEO-ENABLED AUTOMATION FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT

By Agendra Kumar About 80% of the water data has the context of location associated with it, and by not tapping this hidden power in the larger context of the water ecosystem we are denying ourselves its numerous benefits. Much has been talked about the precarious water situation we are likely to have, in the next few years, and hence the urgent need for an integrated water resource management that addresses the entire water value chain from source to tap holistically is the need of the hour. It is no…

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MENA District Cooling Projects 2022 starts as experts seek to benefit from US$15 bn project opportunities

MENA District Cooling Projects

The MENA District Cooling Projects Conference starts today (June 14, 2022), at Hotel Raffles Dubai, with more than 250 industry experts and government officials focusing on growing opportunities in the sector Date: Dubai, June 14, 2022 More than 250 delegates including senior government officials, project owners, developers, utility suppliers, industry experts and key stakeholders participated at day one of the highly anticipated MENA District Cooling Projects Conference that started today, June 14, 2022, at Hotel Raffles Dubai, UAE. The two-day event discusses project opportunities worth US$15 billion (Dh55 billion), or…

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