BMC revives desalination plant plan to meet Mumbaiâs water needs – India The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to revive its plan to set up a desalination plant to turn seawater into potable water through reverse osmosis, in an effort to tackle the water crisis plaguing Mumbai due to uneven rainfall. BMC is in talks with an Israel-based company and, as per preliminary reports, the civic body is considering an area near the sea in Malad for the plant. The plant will have a capacity of 200 million litres daily (MLD), requiring about 25 acres. BMC revives desalination plant plan to meet Mumbaiâs water needs – IndiaHIWI042020-09-25T10:13:39+02:00
L&T sees growth in desalination projects – India L&Tâs water and effluent treatment business is eyeing a slew of desalination and water treatment projects worth $1 billion in the country. The business, which is undertaken by L&T Construction in partnership with UAE-based Tecton Engineering and Construction, is seeing significant demand mostly from coastal regions. âCoastal regions in India from the South, the East and the North-West are looking at desalination plants as an option to reduce the stress on municipal corporations,â S Rajavel, Head of the Water and Effluent [âŠ] L&T sees growth in desalination projects – IndiaHIWI042019-08-19T15:00:18+02:00
Mumbai faces fourth water cut of 10 per cent in a decade – Mumbai This summer, Mumbai faces a water cut of 10 per cent, its fourth in a decade. The average rainfall that Mumbai receives every year has been steadily dropping. In 2008, we received 2,508 mm of water. Last year, that figure dropped to 2,009.45 mm. It wasnât sufficient to fill to capacity the seven lakes which store the water supplied to the city. Until May 9, the lake levels had only 15 per cent of live stock water â 2,21,265 million litres. An additional 1,70,000 million litres [âŠ] Mumbai faces fourth water cut of 10 per cent in a decade – MumbaiHIWI042019-05-12T14:20:41+02:00
Thane to get desalination plant, use water from creek – Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s (MMR) ⊠To tackle the water crisis in Thane, the municipal corporation is gearing up to launch Mumbai Metropolitan Regionâs (MMR) first creek water desalination pilot project, which will convert 20 million litres of brackish creek water into potable drinking water on a daily basis. The working order of the project has been sanctioned by the corporation and it will also lay down pipelines to the drought pockets of Diva and parts of Kalwa. ⊠(LINK) Thane to get desalination plant, use water from creek – Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s (MMR)DME GmbH2017-06-12T10:32:02+02:00