Water Management

‘Water is a life’. Water is the most valuable commodity in domestic (5%), industrial (10%) and agricultural (85%) applications. Environmental aspects, overexploitation and inadequate infrastructure is resulting in lesser water supply, sinking groundwater table, over-loading of rivers and water pollution. Fortune 500 companies in next 20 years are predicted to be from water management.Competent human resource involved in O&M of water systems is the major challenge. ICB is engaged in capacity building of human resource in


  • Processing – Treatment – Harvesting – Conservation
  • Reduce – Reuse – Recycle – Reclaim – Restore – Recover (R6)
  • Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)

Activities of SURYA and its Resource Persons in Water Management

  • 3-Day Workshops for Employees of 45 MLD Mundhwa Pune STP and 115 MLD Naidu Hospital Pune STP
  • 2-Day Training of Employees of Amoli Organics at Vadodara and Vapi Plants each, on Industrial Water Management and ZLD
  • Job-oriented Training Programs (5-8 weeks)in Industrial Water Management & Zero Liquid Discharge: 160 Youths with employment and entrepreneurship
  • Capacity building of 578 Engineers & Science Graduates in Industrial Water Management & ZLD through virtual mode (1-month*18 batches)
  • Internship programs for students in Industrial Water Management & ZLD: 62 Students
  • Half-Day Workshops in virtual mode for Engineering students on Industrial Water Management & ZLD: 260 Students (5 program)
  • Awareness & Career Counselling of Rural Youths in Energy & Water Management: 1250 Youths (12 Programs)
  • Awareness of Budding Engineers on Energy & Water Management in NSS Camps: 520 Youths (5 programs)
  • RPL Bridge Courses of 15 days (USAID, Bill Gates Foundation, Wash I, KF) for Employees of STPs in Pune: (1) 30 MLD at Baner, (2) 115 MLD at Naidu Hospital, (3) 130 MLD at Bahiroba, Koregaon Park
  • Job-oriented Training Program in WWTP: 31 Youths in Pune and 30 Youths in Nagpur (USAID, Bill Gates Foundation, Wash I, KF)
  • Roof-top rain water harvesting – Developed novel, easy and extremely effective system
  • Open-land rain water harvesting – Developed low-cost novel, easy and extremely effective methodology