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Culture Documents
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Waste of Water?
Water Optimization
Case Studies
Srinivasan Sekar
Founder CEO and Managing Director,
Terracura Solutions Private Limited
Srinivasan.sekar@terracura.in
Ph: 9900102008
Singapore Newater
System
Kelavarape
lli
Reservoir
Is it possible to replicate
Singapore Newater in
India?
Is it possible to replicate
nature processes in
controlled space?
The Problem:
Summer of 2012 Serious water shortage, leading
to rationing, irrational emotion-venting, etc.
10 water tankers per day insufficient to cater to
demand.
High water usage with having insights into usage
vs. leakage.
Water rationing, metering (with 5 inlets per house)
discussed and partially implemented.
Water was a perennial topic in the MC meetings
and GBMs with nothing else getting enough time.
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Reduce
Low Flow
Showers
Aerators on all
taps
Efficient
Flushes
Plug
leakages
Evangeli
ze
Measure
Result:
Water
Consumption
= 150
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- 2016 liters per person
per day
Replenish
Rain Water
Harvesting
Reuse
RO reject water for
gardening
Recycle
Clean
Water
Sewage
Water
Reverse Osmosis
Sewage
Treatment Plant
+ Filters
Outcome
Water from borewells
Average Rainfall*
Water from tankers
Water from BWSSB
Water to drains
Water Deficit
55,000 liters
55,000 liters
0
0
0
0
From Dec 2012 till date, zero water tankers have entered
the campus. Prior to that, 10 water tankers were needed
per day with water rationing; no rationing since then, even
when construction activities took place.
Zero incidence of RO water contamination in the past 4
years; closed loop recycling is not even news within the
campus today.
* Based on an average rainfall of 100cm per year and campus size of 5 acres
Machine effluents
Treated water usage
Water for flush
Water for gardens
Water for general use
Pressurize
d sand
filter
Ion
Exchange
Softener
Activated
carbon
filter
Rain Water
Rain or
Tanker
Water
Toilet
Flush
Showers, Wash
Basins,
Washing
Machine,
Coarse
Filtration
Tank
To
Garden
Bio-sand
Filter
25KL
25KL
1HP
pump
7KL
Gray
Water
Sump
Stabilization Tanks,
with Reed Bed filter
Outcomes
50,000L Sump to store rain water, with a mid-partition
Tank for
general
purpose
water
28000
LPD
Tank
for
flush
water
9000
LPD
3000
LPD
Building
Rainwater
Sump (1
Lakh L)
A
C
F
P
S
F
BWSSB/Tank
er Water
Sump (1
Lakh L)
Water
Softner
Filter
Feed
Sump (40
KL)
P
S
F
A
C
F
Chlorine
Doser
Ozonizer
(optional for
redundancy)
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Is it possible to replicate
Singapore Newater in
India?
Is it possible to replicate
nature processes in
controlled space?
Summary in a Nutshell
Is it possible to replicate Singapore Newater in India?
Water Conservation
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Thank You for your attention.
Sand
Filter
Rain
water
Sand
Filter
Carbon
Filter
Chlorine
Activate
d
Carbon
Filter
4 Lakh L Tank
Ozonizer
RO System
Borewell/
Tanker
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