Integrating Bio-treated Wastewater Reuse with Enhanced

Water Use Efficiency to Support the Green Economy in EU

and India
Significant outcomes and collaboration potential of EU-India research and innovation projects
Water4crops-EU-FP7 Water4crops-India-DBT
Coordinator: Dr. Antonio Lopez, IRSA-CNR Coordinator: Dr. Suhas Wani, ICRISAT

Speaker: Dr. Mukund Patil, ICRISAT India

 WHY?
Peri-urban agriculture using sewage : Sustainable Solution
Water Scarcity
Madhya Pradesh's order to In developing
 destroy countries,using
crops cultivated a large portion of
sewage
has triggered a debate over population
the age oldresides
practiceinofvillages
using wastewater
for irrigation
 Approximately 90% of disease burden is due
According to the Institute forto absence
Global of clean water
Environmental and poora
Strategies,
Japan-based research organization, sanitation.
20 million hectares of land in 50
countries was being irrigated with raw or partially treated wastewater
 Recycling and reuse of available waste in
inWastewater
2000 treatment at Villalge level
villages provides sustainable solutions for a
According to a research by People waste management system and
in Centre Consulting, an reduces
Ahmedabad-based consultancy, environmental degradation.
about 73,000 ha of peri-urban
agriculture in India is dependent on wastewater for irrigation
 How?
• Wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture as
integral part of Integrated Water Resources
Management.
• Wastewater treatment and reuse as business
model to ensure sustainability and income
generation
• Involvement of community based organization for
wastewater treatment and reuse
• Consortium on wastewater treatment and reuse in
agriculture
 Principle and Goal

Develop innovative bio-technological

treatments for wastewater valorization and
agricultural reuse
Improve water use efficiency through
improved agronomics, plant breeding and
innovative irrigation techniques
 Consortium

EU Consortium (21 Partners from 8 Countries): INDIA Consortium (11 Partners):

5 Universities, 8 Research Institutes, 6 SMEs, 2 3 Industries, 2 Universities, 5 Research
Consultant Comp. Institutes, 1 Consultant Comp.
 What?
 Technology for recovering economically
valuable components from wastewater
 Low cost – less maintenance
technologies for wastewater treatment
 Improved agricultural practices for
efficient use of available water
 A business model for waste
management at community level
Constructed wetland
 Researchable issues

Identification of efficient aquatic plant

Estimation of plant uptake by the growing
plants
Optimization of harvesting schedule
Investigation of beneficial use of the plant
biomass
Demonstrating the technology at real situations
Villagers Village heads

NGOs Grass-root level contractor or engineer

  Scaling out 
Location Units Capacity Collaboration work
(m3 day-1)
ICRISAT, Telangana 1 28 ICRISAT
SAB Miller, Telangana 1 50 ICRISAT, SAB Miller
Kothapally, Telangana 2 35 ICRISAT
UASD, Karnataka 2 125 UAS, Dharwad
KCP Sugar, Andhra Pradesh 2 29 MSSRF
Bhanur, Telangana 1 56 ICRISAT, NGO, Asian Paints
Nagolpally, Telangana 1 30 ICRISAT, NGO, GoI
Nagpur, Maharashtra 1 3 NEERI
Jhanshi, Uttar Pradesh 1 2 ICRISAT, CAFRI, NGO, GoI
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh 1 51 ICRISAT, NGO, Power Grid Corp
Kolar, Karnataka 1 10 ICRISAT, NGO, Coca-cola
Chikkaballapur, Karnataka 3 80 ICRISAT, GoK
Chikkmangalur, Karnataka 6 180 ICRISAT, GoK
Bijapur, Karnataka 2 90 ICRISAT, GoK, Power Grid Corp
Bellary, Karnataka 2 64 ICRISAT, NGO, JSW Foundation
Dharwad, Karnataka 1 30 ICRISAT, GoK
Total 28 863
Enhancing quality of distillery spent wash through sequential
adaptation of indigenous microbial consortium

Fish monitoring Fish harvest

  Influencing Policy Makers

Technologies and achievement

from this project may be supported
by government initiatives such as
Swatch Bharat Mission.

Constructed wetland being

implemented in village
development program by
Government of Karnataka
How can it be implemented through a green
business model?
• Increased use of waste
through reuse of treated
wastewater in agriculture
and recycling solid waste
as compost or bioenergy
• Involving community-
based organizations, like
women’s Self-Help Groups
(SHG), for planning,
implementing and
managing the DWMS as a
green business model.
 Thank you

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