Category: Tech 2.0

HUNTER WATER TRANSFORMS HOW IT WORKS AND SEES SIGNIFICANT LEAKAGE REDUCTION FOLLOWING DIGITIZATION

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By TaKaDu, Israel Background Hunter Water is a State-Owned Corporation (SOC) providing drinking water, wastewater, and recycled water services to almost 600,000 people in the Lower Hunter region, north of Sydney, Australia. From its earliest days in the 1880s, Hunter Water, like the region it serves, has grown greatly. Today, it manages more than AU$2.5 billion worth of infrastructure, including 10,000 km of water and sewer mains. The utility notes that it is constantly looking for new ways to provide great services, enable good development and be a thought leader.…

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TECHNIQUES TO ‘SAVE WATER’ IN THE EXISTING COOLING TOWERS

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By Dr. Jagjit Singh Sehra, President, CST Associates Today we find new challenge of water that is being used in the cooling tower. In my pervious article we have discussed how power industry evaporates nearly 2900 liters of water while producing 1 Mega Watt of power. Since the alternative methods of using Adiabatic Cooling towers have been discussed in my pervious articles, which require huge investments. Right now, industry all over the world is passing through the time times because of Corona. Currently companies are very much scared to go…

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NEW GROUNDWATER GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIES & SMART WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES

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By Vinay Chataraju, Co-Founder & Head Business, Kritsnam Technologies Pvt. Ltd. With the rapidly depleting groundwater table, NGT has passed orders for strong regulations on effective usage of groundwater especially targeting bulk water users such as industrial, commercial and bulk housing. After much discussion, Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) released a gazette notification on 24-Sep-2020 with guidelines for groundwater extraction for industrial and infrastructure projects. Though the guidelines exempted projects drawing less than 10KLD from taking an NOC, there has been increasing pressure on CGWA not to dilute the regulations.…

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HOW THERMAL POWER PLANTS CAN SAVE 80% OF WATER?

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By Dr. Jagjit Singh Sehra, President, CST Associates In the last edition of EA Water, the author presented some on idea how much water is being wasted in the cooling towers of thermal power plants. It was also mentioned that if we save this water how farmers can earn Rs. 3,315 crores per year. In this article we will discuss, how we can convert the existing thermal power stations, to save 80% of the water. To understand the same first we need to understand how much water is evaporated in…

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WIRELESS WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM

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By Piyu Dhaker, Applications Engineer, Analog Devices, North America. Introduction :-Several industries such as beverage production, pharmaceutical plants, waste water treatment plants, and so on, rely on water quality monitoring systems to measure and control important water quality indicators. Parameters defining physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of water can be used as water quality indicators. Examples include: 8 Physical: temperature and turbidity  Chemical: pH, oxidation reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, and dissolved oxygen  Biological: algae and bacteria The article focuses on chemical measurement parameters that have been historically indispensable and unreliable,…

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IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROFICIENCY TESTING FOR WATER SAMPLING AND IN-SITU ANALYSES

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By Eric ZIEGLER, Boris CONSTANTIN, Abdelkader BOUBETRA, Anne TIRARD Abstract:-  Since 2018, BIPEA has organized several proficiency tests for water sampling and insitu analyses.These proficiency tests require a very specificorganization, with especially all the participants being gathered at the same time at a defined place altogether. The proficiency test consists of routine in-situ analysis, such as pH, conductivity or dissolved oxygen, usually in three different locations and awater sampling exercise. According to the location, different type of water can be analysed: river, lake, water from a recreation complex, waste water…

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AEROBIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER

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By Kondiba Metkari, Business Manager, Hanna Equipments India Pvt. Ltd. Wastewater treatment has become essential these days because it is so interconnected with the other uses of water. This wastewater is treated and then converted to effluent to discharge it to the natural water streams. If untreated water is discharged in river streams, leave its effects on the wildlife habitats thriving in oceans, rivers, and marshes, migratory birds using these areas for breeding, resting, and nesting, fisheries which have a direct impact on humanconsumption. Thus this effluent must be treated…

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DRINKING WATER, AIR LINK & POWER – ANY QUANTITY ANYWHERE IN INDIA

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By Dr. Jagjit Singh Sehra, President, CST Associates In the last edition of EA (September 2020), the author mentioned that our country India has seawater on three sides. We can never have drinking water problems. The coastal line of India is 7516.6 Kms long. This is the 15th Largest Coastal line out of 198 countries. There are so many countries that don’t have any coastal line. Railway traces in India is 1,23,542 Kms, which is 4th in the world. India has 7,349 railway stations, reaching remote areas of the country.…

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NON-WOVEN SUPPORT MEDIUM FOR RO MEMBRANE

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HIGH-PERFORMANCE NON-WOVEN MATERIAL MADE WITH ADVANCED FIBERS AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY By Mr. Shigeki Fujita, Manager – Advanced Materials Section, Advanced Materials Department, Teijin FRONTIER CO., LTD. Osaka, Japan The Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., a Teijin Group company, is the world’s only business entity involved in the integrated manufacture and sales of fibers, whichit conducts through its core Polyester Fibers & Trading and Retail business. Our wide-ranging supply chain, which extends from the manufacture of yarns to retail development, and our examination and analysis of customer needs to support our ability…

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