As you may be aware the Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Jal Shakti has brought out a Notification for the purpose of regulation and control of Groundwater management and development under EPA Act.
As per the CGWA Notification S.O. 3289(E) dated 24th September 2020, âSection 4.1 (iii) All industries abstracting ground water in excess of 100 m3/d shall be required to undertake annual water audit through Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)/ Federation Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)/ National Productivity Council (NPC) certified auditors and submit audit reports within three months of completion of the same to CGWA. All such industries shall be required to reduce their ground water use by at least 20% over the next three years through appropriate means.
In this regard, FICCI would be happy to take up âWater Audit Studiesâ for your plant and assist your organization in meeting the Notification requirements and attaining reduction in âFresh Water Consumption/ Groundwater Abstractionâ and associated âCost Reductionsâ.
FICCIâs Resource Conservation & Management (RCM) Group has a team of Inhouse experienced Water Auditors, supported by a pool of process experts for water intensive industry sectors. FICCI is a recognized Water Auditing Agency by Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), GoI. Download list of CGWA identified water auditing agencies.
We have provided âWater Audit servicesâ to many Industries over last decade including major business groups, SMEs and PSUs covering sectors like Pulp & Paper, Textiles, Iron & Steel, Oil & Gas exploration, Thermal Power Plants, Cement, Oil Refinery, Beverages, Food Processing, Tannery, Dairy, Mining, Pharmaceuticalsetc. In studied units, several resource saving schemes along with techno-economic details were provided with water saving potential ranging from 10-30%, having payback periods <2 years. FICCI also provides detailed Cost Benefit Analysis with Pay back periods for the suggested water saving schemes to enable our clients to take quick & reliable decisions regarding scheme implementations.See our partial list of clients.
Kindly send us the filled in âFICCI Water Audit Questionnaireâ to enable us to give you a customized proposal with technical and commercial details. Download questionnaire from
here.