Conference on 24×7 water supply systems held
New Delhi Dec 21 PTI The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs MoHUA on Tuesday organised a technical conference-cum-exhibition here to disseminate knowledge on the planning design implementation operation and maintenance of 24×7 water supply systems The event was organised by the ministrys Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation CPHEEO an official statement said The inaugural session was chaired by MoHUA secretary Durga Shanker Mishra While addressing the session he emphasised the need for integrated water resource management with water conservation through recycling of used water control of NRW non-revenue water and rejuvenation of water bodies He also pitched for taking up 24×7 water supply projects in at least one wardDMA District Metered Area in 500 AMRUT cities under AMRUT 20 He said 24×7 water supply projects will ensure prevention of water contamination control of NRW equitable water supply and bring efficiency in terms of financial sustainability by attracting PPP funding and institutional financing The cities that are implementing 24×7 water supply projects showcased their best practices and technological solutions such as water meters valves GIS mapping and hydraulic modelling at the exhibition About 600 participants participated in the conference Also the guidelines for planning design and implementation of 24×7 water supply systems were released The conference was attended by technical heads chief engineers city engineers and senior engineers dealing with water supply in all the 500 AMRUT cities experts manufacturing firms and consultants PTI MAH SMN SMN
New Delhi Dec 21 PTI The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs MoHUA on Tuesday organised a technical conference-cum-exhibition here to disseminate knowledge on the planning design implementation operation and maintenance of 24×7 water supply systems The event was organised by the ministrys Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation CPHEEO an official statement said The inaugural session was chaired by MoHUA secretary Durga Shanker Mishra While addressing the session he emphasised the need for integrated water resource management with water conservation through recycling of used water control of NRW non-revenue water and rejuvenation of water bodies He also pitched for taking up 24×7 water supply projects in at least one wardDMA District Metered Area in 500 AMRUT cities under AMRUT 20 He said 24×7 water supply projects will ensure prevention of water contamination control of NRW equitable water supply and bring efficiency in terms of financial sustainability by attracting PPP funding and institutional financing The cities that are implementing 24×7 water supply projects showcased their best practices and technological solutions such as water meters valves GIS mapping and hydraulic modelling at the exhibition About 600 participants participated in the conference Also the guidelines for planning design and implementation of 24×7 water supply systems were released The conference was attended by technical heads chief engineers city engineers and senior engineers dealing with water supply in all the 500 AMRUT cities experts manufacturing firms and consultants PTI MAH SMN SMN
