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World Water Day Quote from KPMG

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By Sumouleendra Ghosh, Associate Partner, KPMG in India and Global Infrastructure Water Sector Lead of KPMG – The Indian water sector is at an important crossroad. Increasing demand coupled with dwindling freshwater resources as led to a situation where the country is staring at significant water stress in the near future. Today, the water sector in India finds itself grappling with two realities – the need for managing water optimally and the challenge of meeting the growing water demand from competing needs of domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors. In the…

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World Water Day Quote from VA Tech WABAG

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By Rajneesh Chopra, Global Head – Business Development, VA TECH WABAG LIMITED – The theme of World Water Day 2023 could not have been more appropriate given the alarming water crisis globally and the setback because of the pandemic on the progress of UN SDG 6. To achieve SDG 6 by 2030, we need to align our vision towards water sustainably and security globally and accelerate the progress together. WABAG’s vision is aligned to UN SDG 6 and its own ESG Targets. Our motto “sustainable solutions for a better life”…

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‘Water Industry and the role it plays in the development of a Country’

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World Water Day 2023 quote By Dr. Ajit Vishnu Salvi, Dy. Chief Engineer (S.O.), Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation – Water is elixir of life.  It has quantitative limitations and qualitative vulnerability.  Water is essential for manufacturing, Agriculture, Commerce, many types of energies, Economics and the existence of human & other life forms.  However, one should not forget that water can never be manufactured. Cloud seeding technology still has long distance to go.  Water is at the core of sustainable development and is critical for socio-economic development, healthy ecosystem and for human…

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Indian Water Industry and the role water plays in the development of the country

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By Dr Anil Kumar Mishra, (Bacteriologist), Delhi Jal Board, Govt of NCT Delhi- Water is an essential and vital component of life and required for performing different type of metabolic activities in all type of living organisms. In present scenario, water scarcity and contamination (physical, chemical microbiological, radiological contaminants) are major problem in India and worldwide. Due to rapid growth of population, urbanization, industrialization and agriculture activities, water resources are under stress and gap between supply and demand (required for various activities like bathing, cooking drinking, sanitation, irrigation, industries etc.)…

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Water security and food security in India

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World Water Day 2023 quote by Mridusmita Debnath,Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, Scientist, Division of Land and Water Management, ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region – Forecasts on demographic growth and economic development specified a significant increase in food demand to almost double by 2050. Rising food prices are a clear indication of that. Further, demographic projections confirmed that more than 50% of the population worldwide will suffer water scarcity by 2025. Thus, the conflicts among water-demanding sectors and uncertain climate aggravate the situation in agriculture. Moreover,…

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World Water Day 2023 quote | Kritsnam Technologies

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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

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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…

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Indian water industry: the role water plays in the development of the country

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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…

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INITIATIVE TO MODIFY THE EXISTING TREATMENT UNITS WITH NEW ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

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By Hemalatha A G, Water Management SME, Embassy Services Executive summary Water is one of the basic essential elements to all living creatures in the world.We are experiencing water scarcity because of exponential increase in population and unethical sewage/waste disposal to the water source. Providing good quality water in sufficient quantities to end users is a big challenge for the facility management teams. Small modifications in treatment processes can help the maintenance team to perform better. UsingDisc filters& Screen filters in place of pressure sand filter is just one of…

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