Tag: Wastewater

PROMOTING APPROPRIATE LOW COST & LOW MAINTENANCE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SOLUTIONS

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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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OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN THE EFFICIENCY OF THE INDIAN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SECTOR

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By Sanjeev Sirsi, Head – Municipal Business – INDO Region, Water Utility, Grundfos India The Indian wastewater treatment sector was estimated to be worth $2.4 billion in 2019 and is projected to be worth$4.3 billion by 2025 according to Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog. This phenomenon stems from the rising demand for municipal water and increasing wastewater generated, which is estimated to reach over 120,000 MLD by 2051 as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The reuse potential of the wastewater is humongous. It is said that if…

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REDUCING INDUSTRIAL WATER FOOT PRINT BY RECLAIMING WASTEWATER

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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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WATER USAGE; POLLUTION AND TREATMENT

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By Dr. AV Singh – Chief Sustainability Officer, Bajaj Power Group of Companies Water, a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. It is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. A tasteless and odourless liquid at room temperature, it has the important ability to dissolve many other substances. Indeed, the versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. We are living at watery planet. Very huge quantity of water exists on, in, and above…

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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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