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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | New water usage norms to encourage conservation

New water usage norms to encourage conservation

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published Published on Jul 12, 2012   modified Modified on Jul 12, 2012
-The Economic Times

The government plans to intervene in the use of water by industries and encourage conservation of the increasingly scarce resource by setting up a 'bureau of water-use efficiency' to grade various sectors and issue guidelines, official sources said. 

"We'll start with the industries and analyse whether they are water friendly or not," said a senior official at the ministry of water resources. 

For this, the ministry has roped in industrial bodies and chambers of commerce such as Ficci, Assocham and CII to conduct a water audit of the industries. Government plans to extend this programme in the domestic and irrigation sector as well, once it's successful with the industries. 

However, there is no plan to ration the use of water. A study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water estimates that India's usable water supply by 2030 could fall short of projected demand by 50%. 

Industrial demand for water is projected to rise from current 42-billion cubic metre (bcm) to 92 bcm in 2025 and 161 bcm in 2050. "There are energy usage regulations, pollution standards, environment protection laws but no regulation for water usage that leads to huge wastage," said an official. 

Working on the lines of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, which rates companies and products on their energy savings, industries will be rated on the basis of the amount of water conservation during production phase. 

"There is a great scope of water conservation in Indian industries. Industries alone hold a potential of around 25-30%. Some industries have tried water conservation measures, but there's still a long way to go. This initiative will surely make a difference," said S Raghupathy, executive director, CIIGodrej Green Business Centre. 

He said that the government intends to first generate water usage data and based on national and international benchmarks, it plans to develop guidelines and a framework to standardise water audits in the industry. The focus initially would be on water-intensive sectors such as thermal power plants, textiles, pulp, chemicals, etc. 

"The plan is to benchmark water use across different industrial sectors. It is also envisaged that through measures on awareness creation; knowledge sharing and incentives, we will be able to build up best practices and encourage a large section of Indian industries to go in for measures like water audits, followed by undertaking conservation measures. This needs to be followed by means for reporting and verification as well," said Romit Sen, senior assistant director, water division, at FICCI.

The Economic Times, 12 July, 2012, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/new-water-usage-norms-to-encourage-conservation/articleshow/14840536.cms


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