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How to do a water audit? What are the possible careers in water management in India?

To make water management more effective in India, it is necessary to understand the various dimensions of water and work on commercial, social and technical aspects of water management. Citing this members of the Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) Indore discussed various aspects and quoted possibilities in an online discussion with young engineers.

Water management expert Sudhindra Mohan Sharma- (Former National Nodal Officer, Drinking Water Safety, Government of India) said, “There are employment opportunities in various sectors like NGOs, Free Lansing Consultants, Private and Government Jobs, Facilitators, Start-ups etc.” He added that water has to be managed in its water cycle because it cannot be created, it can only change its form, shape and size, but it cannot be created.

Engineer KK Srivastava (Secretary IWWA Gwalior) and a practice consultant discussed jobs, business, research and new opportunities in the water sector including operations, testing, laboratories, execution and maintenance of facilities. He also invited them to have the opportunity to travel (easily) to the displayed metering system, SCADA operations.

How to perform a water audit?

Vijay Charhate as the president of the IWWA Indore Center, and the director of the Youth Forum for Water, discussed water audit.

“Students are required to examine (i) the various water input sources receiving water, their flow per day, (ii) daily volume and collection network pipe route. (iii) Distribution for various uses of their route and quantity of consumption / usage in canteen, laboratory, toilets, drinking water bottleneck, horticulture etc.” Charchate said.

He added that after equating need and consumption they can exercise brain storms to find the wastage, and then work on group water saving and use of rainwater harvesting technologies etc. to reduce wastage.

More than 55 students participated online in this webinar along with representatives from various parts of India besides the faculty.

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