Water security to top summit talks

 

The corporation is the first local body in the country to draft a local water policy which will have guidelines on use, conservation and future requirement of water. The summit is being organised in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Water Technology and Management (CSWTM) at SCMS School of Engineering and Technology. 

 

Conservation of water sources, solution for waste water management and  industrial waste water treatment are some of the aspects that will be discussed at the summit. Experts from Germany will lead panel discussions on various topics. 

 

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Mayor Tony Chammany said that exploring the latest German technologies in the field of water and waste water treatment would help in finalising the water policy. 

 

“Members of German Water Partnership (GWP), a consortium of 350 German companies working on various aspects of water technologies, have been working in coordination with CSWTM. The GWP members have decided to collaborate with us to fine tune the outstanding German technology to be ideally customized for Indian conditions for solving the water related problems,” said Dr Sunny George, director of CSWTM. 

 

According to him, the major thrust is on urban water security. “The latest technologies like electro dialysis can be used through which saline water can be purified to drinking water. Since salt content is very low in Kochi backwaters, it will be easy to purify it,” observed Dr Sunny George.

 

SCMS Principal Prof M.Madhavan and Ralf Heilmann and Marius Dietmann, invitees from the University of Applied Science, Germany, were also present.