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A huge quantity of treated water wasted in the city

By Dinesh Kamath

Above: Waste water treatment plant in city

NAVI MUMBAI: The residents of the city have been found throwing away a huge quantity of treated water into the sea on regular basis. The quantity of water wasted in this manner is so great that a huge number of poor people are being denied of this useful water.

There are plants in the city which generate treated water which the residents of the city make use of and throw away a huge quantity into the sea. The civic body uses some quantity of this water for plants on road dividers and in some housing societies, for gardening and cleaning. The rest is pumped into the Thane creek.

After throwing away the treated water the revenue lost could be at a tune of crores of rupees which commercial and industrial users could have raised if the same water was supplied to them.

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation does have plans to promote the use of treated water for industries and cold storages along Trans-Thane corridor. Currently, a very small number of housing societies and the municipality are using treated water. The civic body might be prepared to bear the cost for putting water pipeline to circulate this treated water. The process of making the treated water potable is still more costly.

NMMC has also been offered suggestion to segregate garbage, convert it into compost and generate energy from the waste. The civic body seems to be willing to follow that suggestion.