Navi Mumbai MIDC goes green, to get recycled water from Dec
The civic body expects to earn around Rs 494 crore in 15 years
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will supply recycled water from its two tertiary treatment plants to industrial units in MIDC from December. A memorandum of understanding between the NMMC and the MIDC was signed earlier this week. The project to supply treated water to industrial units started in 2017 and the civic body expects that it will be completed by the end of this year.
Supplying treated water will be beneficial for both the NMMC and the MIDC as it will be cheap for industrial units, while the civic body will garner revenue of around Rs 494 crore in 15 years.
The NMMC has already installed seven treatment plants based on C-Tech state-of-the-art technology to recycle waste-water through 100 per cent scientific methods. However, due to the lack of infrastructure, the water could not be used for any other purpose.
In order to supply treated water to industrial units in the TTC area of the MIDC, the civic body is developing two tertiary treatment plants at Koparkhairane and Airoli under the Amrit Mission of the Central government. “The project was started in 2017 with a capacity of 20 MLD wastewater treatment at each plant,” said a senior civic official from NMMC.
He further added that the project at the Koparkhairane plant has been completed and the project at the Airoli plant is in the final stage. “The work of laying 24.3 km of main water pipeline and 83 internal water supply pipelines are also at the last stage,” said the official.
At present, the industrial units in the TTC area get water from the MIDC at Rs 22.50 per cubic meter and 50 MLD water is supplied per day. However, the civic body will provide water with tertiary level treatment at Rs 18.50 per cubic meter.
Civic chief Abhijeet Bangar said, “This project is beneficial both in terms of environmental protection and the revenue generation.” The MoU regarding the water supply was signed in the presence of Bangar and the chief executive officer of MIDC, Dr P Unbangan.