Hyderabad, Oct 12: Saying that water management was everybody's responsibility, renowned agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan today emphasised the need to make recycling of sewage water mandatory for all industries.
“Water security problem can be tackled through community efforts and safe drinking water plants are real blessings to people providing them pure and safe drinking water,” he said after inaugurating the Safe Drinking Water Plant by WaterNet, a Hyderabad-based social enterprise at Shamshabad here.
Swaminathan said that since the ground-water, rivers, wells and tanks are going dry, it has become imperative to capture rain water.
Recycling sewage water must be compulsory in all the industries, he said adding that water management was everybody's responsibility.
Speaking about the ongoing Biodiversity meet here, Swaminathan said, “Resolution without action has no meaning. Hope there will be action as well.”
According to WaterNet Pvt Ltd Chairman Tagore Guttikonda, a reverse osmosis plant at the WaterNet Community Water Center, set up in association with M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), treats groundwater to provide pure and safe drinking water at a subsidised price.
He further said that the company, which has already set up around 100 such plants in various villages, seeks to set up 1,000 such plants across Andhra Pradesh.
