Water

Make Every Drop Count: Water Dashboard

Demand-Supply, Challenges

  • India has 18% of World’s Population and4% of world’s water resources
  • 48% of India’s urban
    water comes from
    Groundwater
  • 10% of Cities get Municipal potable water

Water: Demand, Supply

Mumbai

Visible Water Stress – Demand outstripping Supply

Ahmedabad

Non Revenue Water, Declining Ground Water

Surat

Major source is bore wells, ground water, Challenges of rapid growth

Pune

No official water shortage but 25% increase in water tankers. Water at Four Dams ok, but rapidly increasing demand.

Key Challenges

Urban

Rural

Sources of Water – Urban, Rural Schools

More than 50% of Jesuit Schools are in Rural Areas

Urban Schools

  • Shrinking Water Supply from Municipal Water Bodies
  • Increasing Charges

Rural Schools

  • Inconsistent Quality of Water
  • Inconsistency of Supply

Uses of Water : Open Space in Urban Schools

Holy Family, Mumbai

Open Space: 32%

St Mary’s ICSE, Mumbai

Open Space: 32%

St Vincent’s, Pune

Open Space: 50%

Usage Distribution in Urban School

About 85% potable water used for non-drinking purposes!

Use

Approximate % of Total Water Use

Toilets & Urinals (Flushing)

45% to 60%

Drinking & Handwashing

10% to 15%

Kitchen/Cooking (if meals are prepared)

10% to 15%

Cleaning (floors / classrooms etc.)

10% to 1%

Gardening/Lawns/Grounds

5% to 10%

Other (Labs, Maintenance etc)

2% to 5%

Inefficient Usage of Potable Water

Urban Schools get 65% of water from Municipal pipeline which is a single pipeline meant for all uses leading to misuse, wastage of potable water. And higher Water bills !

How do we build water efficiency

Use Recycled Water for ALL non-drinking functions!

Yes – will take time (like Solar)

Technologies for Water Recycling

365 days of the year

120 days of the year

Dashboard for Efficient Water Management

Metric
Value

Total Water Consumption

2,5000 L/month

Per Student Water Usage

30 L/Day

Rainwater Harvested

12,000 L/month

Water Reuse (E.g Grey
water)

4,000 L/month

Leak Loss Estimate

8%

Monthly Water Bill

Rs 7,200

Percentage of Water met through Sustainable sources