Category: Indepth

NON – REVENUE WATER (NRW):WAYS AND MEANS OF DETECTION

By S. Prasanna, Murugappa Organo Water Solutions Private Limited Water, a highly indispensable resource is depleting in a faster rate. Due to various reasons like population, pollution, undue wastage and so on, water resource gets exhausted rapidly. It is estimated that a person uses 200 litres of water per day. One can’t do without water but one can definitely make a spectacular change in treating the waste water. It’s not a must that agriculture needs fresh water, even treated water will work wonders; same is the case of industries which…

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THE OPERATOR’S EXPERIENCE IN REDUCING PHYSICAL LOSSES ACTIVE LEAKAGE CONTROL AT BUDAPEST WATERWORKS, HUNGARY

By Evelin Madzin, NRW Expertise Center of Budapest Waterworks The importance of drinking water Access to clean, safe water is one of the world’s most pressing needs, as described by UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) also, billions of people live without access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. Beside the need for clean drinking water, areas of the globe suffer from water shortage; they have limited access to water sources enough for the growing population. So it is more and more important to ensure that the water already…

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NON-REVENUE WATER AND LEAKAGE DETECTION

By Dushyant Jindal, Co-Founder, Hitech Enviro Solutions Water is of paramount importance for the existence of life on planet Earth. It is essential for the survival itself as well as for most of the activities of human civilisations, be it manufacturing, agriculture, generating electricity or keeping and maintaining the health and wealth of the beings. Although the planet Earth’s surface is covered by nearly two thirds of water, there is not enough of it which can be accessed for the purpose of drinking, household activities or industrial activities. A large…

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THE NEW ASSET MANAGEMENT MANTRA – ONE CITY ONE OPERATOR

By K. Mohamed Shaffi, Chief Business Officer –O&M, VA Tech WABAG The desire for a cleaner Ganga has been subject of discussion for a long time and in 2011 the National Mission for Clean Ganga was formed, however the actions gained momentum in 2014 when the flag ship Namami Gange program was announced. The program was to drive two specific objectives, firstly to arrest large-scale pollution and secondly to rejuvenate the river Ganga. One big advantage of these policy missions is the associated benefits that come along like industrial effluent…

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THE WATER PARADOX

By Mohammed Naser Azeez, Managing Director, Aquality Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd Amongst the five essential elements considered as the basis for life, water is one of them. Life cannot be imagined without water. If there was no water, then the creation of the universe would not have been possible.The importance of it indicates with the historical fact that all great civilizations of the world developed near the water sources and all the ancient cities were located on the banks of rivers.  But today the value of water is again becoming…

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“NON- REVENUE WATER (NRW) AND LEAKAGE DETECTION”

Dr. Anil Kumar Mishra, Bacteriologist, Delhi Jal Board, Govt. Of NCT, Delhi Water is an essential and vital component of life support system. The grounds as well as surface water resources are being utilized for drinking, irrigation and industrial and other purposes. However, due to rapid growth of population, urbanization, industrialization and agriculture activities, water resources are under stress. There is growing concern on the deterioration of water quality due to geogenic and anthropogenic activities. According to news published in daily News Paper “Dainik Jagaran” dated 14-06-2018; 13491 Million Quesec…

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REDUCING INDUSTRIAL WATER FOOT PRINT BY RECLAIMING WASTEWATER

By Mohd Zeeshan, Senior Water Professional As it states, water is essential for life but also the most vulnerable resource, which is often wrongly considered as renewable. Water is not only used in the domestic perspective but also has a vital role in the agriculture and industrial sectors. As the world progresses, water security is becoming the most substantial, social, political, economic and environmental challenge for the humankind. As per a recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), by the end of 2030, 47 percent of…

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BENEFITS OF CENTRALIZED WASTEWATER TREATMENT

By Geza Csornyei, Attila Farkas, Tamas Kovari, Bernadett Lemaire, Jozsef Neer, Budapest Waterworks Abstract:-  In the past few decades, global population growth has been dominated by an increasing urban population. Maintaining urban hygiene and healthy water resources a major challenge to many countries around the world. Wastewater treatment approaches vary from the conventional centralized systems to the onsite decentralized systems. While in dispersed households decentralized water treatment solutions are promoted in order to economize the investment costs of the sewer system, for more densely populated areas centralized treatment represents a…

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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUOUS ONLINE WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION IN REGARD TO CLIMATE CHANGE

By Christoph Schönher, Robert Wurm, Andreas Weingartner, scan Messtechnik GmbH, Vienna Introduction :- The global rise in temperature in regard to climate change affects the water supply in many different ways. In Austria, for example, regionally varying changes in groundwater recharge are expected. Another direct consequence of climate change is the increased number of extreme weather events in the form of heat waves. The increasing temperature has a particular impact on the temperature balance of groundwater, while heat waves are a very direct consequence of climate change in the distribution…

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SMART AND INTELLIGENT WATER NETWORK

By Subhash Sethi, Chairman, SPML Infra Limited Water is vital to human sustainability and economic growth. Globally, the number of water scarce regions is rising every year threatening the well-being of its people and the economy. Global pressure on water utilities are varying from region to region on water availability, usage and wastage. The most significant factor that utilities across regions faces regularly is the huge volume of water losses, which represents the water that isn’t accounted for despite necessary resources applied by them. High volume of water wastage and…

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