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Domain experts in Water & Wastewater to organize South Asia’s biggest water event |
7th EverythingAboutWater Expo to be held in Chennai from January 7 to 9, 2009 |
EverythingAboutWater has leveraged on its domain expertise, making inroads in the Indian Water industry and national footprint. Its niche focus in the Indian water sector of over 9 years in water & wastewater enable suppliers, buyers, technology vendors, administrators and investors understand this industry, reduce risk and perform better. It has helped Indian and international companies build and enhance business capabilities across the value chain, from R&D, Manufacturing to the Sales & Marketing Operations. It is considered the last word on the Indian water sector by many leading authorities whether in private or government sector due to its exhaustive knowledge of the Indian water sector. |
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Water related issues if not addressed, could damage our long term economic growth. EverythingAboutWater address the immediate need of bringing together industry professionals in a single platform to devise strategies for future endeavors in the water field. The 6th EverythingAboutWater Expo at New Delhi from Jan 28-30, 2009 hosted a panel discussion on “How can the water sector survive and thrive in the economic downturn” where the panel comprised of eminent names in the Indian water industry like Mukund Vasudevan, Country Head, Pentair Water India Pvt. Ltd; Dr. BK Agrawal, Head-Water Business, Triveni Engineering; Marzin Shroff, Sr. Vice President, Eureka Forbes and Pathik Gopani, CEO, Gopani Product Systems. Bringing their concerns to the fore, the members presented their views on how foundations can be laid for evolving an industry-wide strategy for tackling the economic slowdown. |
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As per the Ministry of Water Resources, industry has a demand of only 30 billion cubic metres per year out of a total demand of 750 billion cubic metres. Current projections estimate the industrial water demand to grow 4 times to 120 billion cubic. metres by the year 2025 |
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| The exhibition also hosted the first review meeting of the WQA India Task Force on January 29, aimed to raise awareness about water quality and create Consumer relevant Drinking Water Treatment Device Standards for India. It is for the first time that the corporate world in the Indian water sector comprising of 30 major leading companies has stepped forward to lay down drinking water standards. NSF International (NSF), a not-for-profit international organization located in the US is a key participant in the task force. It has entrusted with the task of developing worldwide standards for Drinking Water Treatment Units (DWTU) for the assistance of member companies. The challenge of training service professionals on the supplier side for microbiological treatment of water was one of main areas of concern for the group. According to the Education Sub Committee there is a need to develop affordable and accessible educational and professional certification programme for the Indian market. H Subramaniam, Chairperson of the Education Sub Committee, said, “The industry needs to recognize certification by giving its weight age in new recruitments as well as with existing employees”. Products would achieve quality certification by WQA after essential tests under variable testing conditions. The standards would be formulated and submitted to Bureau of Indian Standards which would ultimately roll out the standards which would become mandatory for manufacturers of water purifiers to adhere to.
After the success of the 2007 event in Chennai, the 7th EverythingAboutWater Expo comes back to Chennai after a gap of 3 years. The event is being held at the Chennai Trade Centre from Jan 7-9, 2010. The event includes a two-day internationally reputed conference on latest developments in the Water & Wastewater sector, a conference on non-chemical disinfection technologies and training workshops on seawater desalination and water reuse & recycle. |
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