Dr. Jagadeesh, Senior Research Engineer and Sustainability Lead, Kritsnam Technologies – Once upon a time, in a small village called Madanapalle in the Chittoor district in India, lived a farmer named Ravi and his wife Sita. They had a small piece of land on which they grew their crops. Every year, they faced the difficult challenge of managing their water supply, especially during the dry seasons. They had to rely on the monsoons to fill their wells, which often left them with little or no water for their crops. One…
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MAKING WATER A PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
By Mandarr Kkamthe, Senior Product Manager-Water at Asian Contec Ltd. (Stanlay)– Improved water supply and sanitation and water resources management boosts countries’ economic growth and contributes greatly to nation’s growth. Resolving water related challenges requires that the costs for improved water supply and sanitation and water resources management be seen as sound public and private investments and key to a strategy that boosts economies, enables individuals and businesses with a fair chance to prosper. Simply put water and related services must be made part of the economic development business. Water…
Read MoreIndian water industry: the role water plays in the development of the country
World Water Day 2023 quote by Dr. Syamal Sarkar (Ph.D.), IAS (R), Former Secretary, Min. of Water Resources & DoPT, Distinguished Fellow, TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Water is essential for the economic growth of any country. In a growing economy like India industry plays an important role for water intake keeping in mind their production output. In 2000 the water demand of Indian industry was about 10 bcm and it is projected to increase to about 193 bcm in 2050 given the business-as-usual scenario. If India falls into…
Read MoreMUNICIPAL WATER MANAGEMENT
One cannot think about life without water. We are blessed with adequate natural resources of water, but increasing population, the alarming rate of global warming and rapid industrialization coupled with lack of adequate and improved management of the water supply systems resulted in the increased rate of water consumption, wastage of water and deteriorating condition of the water supply networks, resulted in the scarcity of water. Pure and safe drinking water has always been a necessity for human life. It is therefore desirable that every individual has access to safe,…
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