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PROMOTING APPROPRIATE LOW COST & LOW MAINTENANCE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SOLUTIONS

By Santwana Sneha, Board Member, FINISH Societ The Looming Water Crisis of India Almost all of the world’s major cities have gone into the 21st century facing an environmental crisis, including India. Resource depletion, environmental degradation and climate change are among the greatest challenges we face today. In this context, the proper management of solid & liquid waste along with efficient resource recovery have become relevant aspects of environmental management systems that could support a circular economy and assist in addressing these global challenges. As a result of rapid urbanization,…

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SMART WATER MANAGEMENT AND FOCUS ON WATER QUALITY AMONG TRENDS DRIVING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN GLOBAL WATER AND WASTEWATER SECTOR

everythingaboutwater

By Nideshnavaratharajan, Senior Consultant, Energy & Environment Practice, Frost & Sullivan The COVID-19 pandemic has revitalized the importance of resilient and future-ready water and wastewater infrastructure across application segments. To become sustainable, resilient, and future-ready, end users have started to adopt net-zero, decarbonization, and circularity goals across their operations, products and service offerings. Digital solutions have become a critical element in helping end-users achieve sustainability and circularity targets. Globally, utilities and industries have significantly increased investments in digital and IoT solutions to reduce energy consumption and improve operational efficiency. Digital…

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SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT AND WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT

By Gowthaman Desingh, Director – Technology, Transwater Systems Conventional wastewater treatment consists of a combination of physical, chemical, and biological processes and operations to remove solids, organic matter and, sometimes, nutrients from wastewater. General terms used to describe different degrees of treatment, in order of increasing treatment level, are preliminary, primary, secondary, and tertiary and/or advanced wastewater treatment. In Urban cities, majority of the Sewage/Waste Water treatment plant does the primary and secondary treatment addressing the reduction of BOD, COD, TSS, Ammonical Nitrogen, etc to meet the disposal norms but…

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Pune Municipal Corporation awards an order to ENVIRO CONTROL- TOSHIBA WATER SOLUTIONS JV for Project for Pollution Abatement of River Mula-Mutha in Pune

Pune Municipal Corporation

Gurugram, India — Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited (Toshiba Water), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (hereafter TISS) announced, ENVIRO CONTROL – TOSHIBA WATER SOLUTIONS JV is awarded contract for 11 STPs along with associated main sewers with 15 years of O&M (*1) from Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) of Pune City, the second largest city in Maharashtra, India. This project is funded by an official development assistance (ODA) loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and its estimated project cost is 22.443 billion yen,…

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NOTE ON SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT AND WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT

By Dushyant Jindal, Co-Founder, Hitech Enviro Solutions In the 21st century, clean water and environmentally friendly industrial processes are more critical than ever. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), contaminated drinking water causes 485,000 diarrheal deaths every year. Fortunately, proper treatment can help commercial and industrial facilities become more environmentally responsible and compliant in their wastewater disposal. What Is Wastewater?  Wastewater is a complex matrix containing significant concentrations of solids (total solids 350–1200mg/l), dissolved and particulate matter (chemical oxygen demand 250–1000mg/l), microorganisms (up to 109 number/ml), nutrients, heavy metals,…

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WASTEWATER TREATMENT HOLDS THE KEY TO MAKING INDIA A WATER-PLUS NATION

By Mr. Arun Lakhani, Chairman & Managing Director, Vishvaraj Infrastructure Ltd While the world continues to fight COVID-19, there is another long-term existential threat that requires equallyurgent global attention. Climate Change is intensifying, and it is exacerbating water stress across the globe, thereby endangering the lives of millions. Water availability is becoming less predictable in many places, and increased incidences of flooding threaten to destroy water points and sanitation facilities and contaminate water sources. The situation in India is quite critical. India has the dubious honor of being the world’s…

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Mr. Hiroaki Kobayashi appointed as the Chairperson and Managing Director, Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited

Hiroaki Kobayashi

Gurugram, April 20, 2022: Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited (Toshiba Water) today announced the appointment of Mr. Hiroaki Kobayashi as the Chairperson and Managing Director. Mr. Kobayashi will lead Toshiba Water to the path of next level of growth across company’s water & wastewater businesses in India and overseas. A commerce graduate from Doshisha University in Japan, Mr. Kobayashi brings a rich and extensive experience of over two decades in business development and strategic planning in wastewater management industry. He specializes in managing EPC[1] contracts for large water and wastewater…

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Free drinking water for all Mumbai residents

Water for All

Mumbai to implement ‘Water for all’ policy from next month: Free drinking water for all Mumbai residents From May 1, BMC will enable every citizen in Mumbai to have access to drinking water through formal sources. While it doesn’t change the legal status of a type of residence, it’ll enable citizens living in slums/buildings without OCs to have access to water. The announcement was made by Maharashtra tourism and environment minister Aaditya Thackeray in a meeting on the issue at the BMC headquarters. Under the new policy, water supply will…

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Nashik Municipal Corporation to set up another STP at Gangapur

The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning to construct another sewage treatment plant (STP) at the existing Gangapur STP site at a cost of around Rs 36 crore.

The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning to construct another sewage treatment plant (STP) at the existing Gangapur STP site at a cost of around Rs 36 crore. The proposed STP will have a capacity to treat 20 million liters per day (MLD). The existing STP at was built at a cost of Rs 50 crore, including the land cost, and was made operational last year. Currently, the NMC has 11 STPs in the city treating sewage water with a total sewage treatment capacity of 392 MLD. The civic administration…

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FRAUNHOFER AND SIRUTHULI WILL SET UP A WATER INNOVATION HUB, IN COIMBATORE

Water Innovation Hub

Fraunhofer (German research organization) and Siruthuli (NGO based in Coimbatore) will set up an “AQUA-Hub”, a water innovation hub, in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. As per their press release, India’s cities faced complicated tasks to meet the infrastructure needs of rapidly growing areas. Water scarcity, inadequate waste water treatment, and lack of access to and knowledge of technological solutions pose major challenges for India’s water sector. Several German players have knowledge and specialised technologies that can contribute to solutions. However, the often specialized and decentralized players find it difficult to gain…

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