THE NEW ASSET MANAGEMENT MANTRA – ONE CITY ONE OPERATOR

By K. Mohamed Shaffi, Chief Business Officer –O&M, VA Tech WABAG The desire for a cleaner Ganga has been subject of discussion for a long time and in 2011 the National Mission for Clean Ganga was formed, however the actions gained momentum in 2014 when the flag ship Namami Gange program was announced. The program was to drive two specific objectives, firstly to arrest large-scale pollution and secondly to rejuvenate the river Ganga. One big advantage of these policy missions is the associated benefits that come along like industrial effluent…

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THE WATER PARADOX

By Mohammed Naser Azeez, Managing Director, Aquality Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd Amongst the five essential elements considered as the basis for life, water is one of them. Life cannot be imagined without water. If there was no water, then the creation of the universe would not have been possible.The importance of it indicates with the historical fact that all great civilizations of the world developed near the water sources and all the ancient cities were located on the banks of rivers.  But today the value of water is again becoming…

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“NON- REVENUE WATER (NRW) AND LEAKAGE DETECTION”

Dr. Anil Kumar Mishra, Bacteriologist, Delhi Jal Board, Govt. Of NCT, Delhi Water is an essential and vital component of life support system. The grounds as well as surface water resources are being utilized for drinking, irrigation and industrial and other purposes. However, due to rapid growth of population, urbanization, industrialization and agriculture activities, water resources are under stress. There is growing concern on the deterioration of water quality due to geogenic and anthropogenic activities. According to news published in daily News Paper “Dainik Jagaran” dated 14-06-2018; 13491 Million Quesec…

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