Tag: World Water Day

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

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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Water security and food security in India

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

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…

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Water Resource: Proper Management for Sustainability

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World Water Day Quote by Abdul Rahman Mohammed, CEO, Sahara Industry 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to proper and clean water sources. In India, there are over 600 million people who is facing severe to extreme water stress. Water is the most essential element required to sustain human, animal and plant life and needed for everything – to ensure food security, feed livestock, maintain aquatic & organic life, take up industrial production and to conserve the biodiversity and environment along with all other activities.  Water is also…

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Quote on World Water Day 2022 I Danfoss India

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By Ravichandran Purushothaman, President of Danfoss India According to the UN, more than 40 per cent of the world’s population lives in regions where water is becoming increasingly scarce, and that figure is likely to rise. The reality is that as economies develop and populations grow, so does the demand for resources like fresh water, land, and energy. Water shortages in India have been addressed by policymakers by looking at newer and more creative supply options, such as lakes, groundwater, and desalination plants. While these solutions must be part of…

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Quote on World Water Day

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By Chrys Fernandes, Business Head, DuPont Water Solutions- India subcontinent Rising population, climate change and increasing demand for groundwater is leading to a depleted resource. Many water-stressed areas are struggling to get access to safe & clean potable water due to growing urbanization. DuPont water solutions empowers industries and markets with water-treatment technologies to help reduce stress & dependency on fresh water resources. On this world water day, let’s come together and take small steps to conserve water and make invisible groundwater visible

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Groundwater – making the invisible visible

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World water day quote by George Rajkumar, Country President, Grundfos India As we observe World Water Day 2022 to focus on the judicious use of freshwater resources, this year’s theme of ‘Groundwater- making the invisible visible’ highlights the need to protect this critical resource from being overexploited. In February 2022, the Indian government noted a decline in groundwater levels across 30% of wells monitored in the country. Given that groundwater is a national lifeline in India for all of us and especially the rural communities and agricultural sector, it is…

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Groundwater: Diminishing & Stressful Resource

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World Water Day 2022 quote By Subhash Sethi, Chairman, SPML Infra Limited India with second largest population in the world and very high agriculture practices – uses more water than many other countries. It is the largest freshwater users in the world and also the largest user of groundwater. It uses an estimated 230 cubic kilometers of groundwater per year – over 25% of the world total. More than 60% of irrigated agriculture and 85% of drinking water supplies are dependent on groundwater. Around 65% of India’s total water demand…

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