In a bid to conserve water, industries, residential areas, restaurants and government enterprises have geared up towards waste water management. Complimenting this effort, one-of-its-kind water recycle plant using only biological and natural filters has been set up in Udaipur.
Mukesh Gupta, executive director Morarka Foundation said, ?After five years of R&D, we have devised a plant that can recycle water using only biological and natural filters. We have invested around Rs 5 crore on the project.?
?The company is in pact with Grand Range SDN Bhd, a Malasyia-based company, through which it will provide service to Malaysia Biotechnology Coorporation (BiotechCorp). The 1-million Malaysian deal comprises of research and development for BiotechCorp,? he said.
?Textile industry, restaurants, resorts, leather industry have been approaching us. We expect the growth rate of our company to be around 1000% in the next five years,? Gupta said. Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, Rawatbhata, is proposing to install a similar plant that can recycle 10 lakh-litres water per day, he added.
Apart from waste water management the company is also focusing on promotion of organic farming among small farmers, biotechnology application in agriculture and waste management and IT application in agriculture.
Meanwhile, a 50,000-litre water recycling system has been operationalised at Udaipur Nagar Nigam at an investment of about Rs 9 lakh. The plant is cost effective, chemical-free and easily operational. By the installation of water recycling plant, all the used water is collected through pipes and sent to the plant for biological treatment. Though not fit for drinking, recycled water is good enough for gardening and other purposes.
The method is simple. Sewage water is first passed through net filter and collected in the tank. The water is pumped into the tank where it goes through three methods of filteration; the biological filteration, further improved by root-bed treatment and finally through sand filteration. The recycled water is pumped into an overhead tank, from where a separate piping system is used for distribution.
The Rs 50,000-crore waste water management industry is projected to grow at an average of over 500% in the next few years as more and more corporates opt for effective management of water wastes.