High tech industries like pharma and electronics are looking for high quality water and have the ability to pay. Industries seek operational efficiencies, and are willing to outsource their utility services. With projected growth rate in the industrial sector over 5 per cent, there is a lot that can be done by improving the on-site water management and reuse.
In the domestic sector too there is a huge demand for water. About 63 cities with a million population each are working on water and sanitation master plans. It is well known that distribution losses in taking water to the consumers is as high as 50 to 60 per cent. Also, the minimal tariffs collected do not support the water utilities in recovering their operation costs.
Whether one is for privatisation or not, almost everyone agrees on the need to plug the wastage and improve revenue collection. That is where Enzen Water hopes it can help. "Through operational contracts with municipal clients, we plan to use our expertise to help plug leakage and improve efficiency," said Brian Allum, CEO, Enzen Water.
Through a mix of international and local practices, he believes this can be done. Brian who has many years of expertise in the field has worked with the BWSSB for the last four years as part of the Thames Water team's pilot project to reduce leakage significantly. "One needs to understand the operating system, divide it into segments, place the meters, do some hydrology modelling, etc," he said, explaining how it was done and is being now extended.
He believes it is time to switch from the over-exploited groundwater use to surface water use. The other area of focus is treatment of sewage and waste water for reuse.
Enzen Water will offer strategic advice and sustainable solutions across the water and waste water value chain, said the company spokesman. Enzen Water is a wholly owned subsidiary of Enzen Global Solutions, based in Bangalore
(The author is Head - Environment Practice, Enzen Global Solutions, an energy and environment consulting firm)
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