Mr. S Masood Husain

Chairman Central Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR,

GoI & Chairman - WaterEX World Expo 2019

Lack of Consensus amongst concerned States is the Most important challenge in the implementation of Interlinking of Rivers (ILR). The States surplus in water resources do not agree to such surpluses. It is difficult to have agreement between donor and donee states as the latter in general demand more water.

Mr. A B Pandya

Former Chairman - Central Water Commission & Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India,

Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation & Convenor - WaterEX World Expo 2017

When we look at the water management, the issue of quality is something that becomes very important. Because, as we know, water is infinite. We don’t have the liberty to produce water out of nothing. We have to recycle the water. The nature also does the same recycling though hydrological cycle. We have to increasingly think about the reuse and recycling of water so that the going demand of water is met.

Mr. Ashish Mathur

Managing Director

Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited

Water – On one hand, this is the global resource as the continuity of life depends on this and on the other, it is a very local subject. India with its large population and limited water resources needs innovative solutions. The objective of “WATEREX 2019” is to engage with all stakeholders on efficient water management to ensure sufficiency for everyone for all times to come.

Mr. M. K. Srinivas

Director General

National Water Development Agency(NWDA)

I understand that CHEMTECH WATEREX WORLD EXPO provides important platform to show case products, services and solutions available in the water industry. I hope the event will provide comprehensive insight into the water industry–best practices, latest technologies, alternative solutions and business prospectives.

Mr.Yatinder Pal Singh Suri

Country Head & Managing Director

Outokumpu India Pvt. Ltd.

WaterEX is creating awareness for clean water in all homes, clean ganga and other rives as well as conservation of water through wastewater management. Stainless steel can ensure the purity of water in storage and distribution.

Mr. Rajneesh Chopra

Global Head-Business Development

VA Tech Wabag Ltd

97 percent of the world‘s water is salty. Desalination technologies have become a feasible method for obtaining freshwater and are important in arid regions with insufficient reserves of fresh water.

Mr. Samir Rawal

CEO

Unimac Control Systems

With rising adoption of IoT (Internet of Things), we would be delighted to see innovative product applications of intelligent flow control systems in domestic use.

Mr. R.V. Sonje

Chief Engineer

Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)

Waste water can no longer be considered a ‘waste’ product to be discarded but a resource that can have potential value if used in a ‘fit for purpose’ manner and can be safely used for non-potable purpose such as open space irrigation, toilet flushing and a variety of industrial and agricultural uses. More importantly if we reuse waste water we can conserve high quality water for drinking and other specialised high value uses.

Dr. Y B Sontakke

Joint Director (WPC)

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) monitors ground water quality once in six months. Based on the stringency of the parameters and its relative importance in the overall quality of water for drinking purposes each parameter has been assigned specific weightage by CPCB. These weights indicate the relative harmfulness when present in water. Nine parameters (pH, Total Hardness, Calcium Hardness, Magnesium Hardness, Chloride, Total Dissolved Solids, Fluoride, Nitrate, Sulphate ) are considered for calculating Water Quality Index of ground water.

Mr. Bhopal Singh

CE (HRM), Central Water Commission,

Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India

Absence of an acceptable definition of environmental needs and, also, the absence of an agreement on the priority of environmental flow releases. There is lack of both the understanding of and availability of quantitative data on relationships between river flows and ecological characteristics of river. While the domestic and agriculture requirements are easily quantifiable, it is still a challenge to decide as to what comprises the legitimate ecological needs--- wide variations in assessment of E-flows by different methods/agencies.

Mr. Shiv Nandan Kumar

Chief Engineer

Narmada Basin Organization, CWC, Government of India

Given the magnitude of water demand and skewed nature of its availability in space and time, structural interventions are bound to occur affecting the Longitudal connectivity of rivers. The reality that huge population lives in flood planes of rivers forces adoption of flood protection measures like levees/ embankments affecting lateral connectivity of rivers. Excessive river mining activities affect the zone of interaction between surface & ground water. Variations in rainfall pattern affect temporal component of Aviral Dhara.

Mr. Madhukar Naik

Managing Director

Aquachem Enviro Engineers Pvt Ltd.

High Speed Aerators are first used in aerated ponds and lagoons. They are often light weight and thus can be mounted on floats and good for applications where water depth varies. High Speed Aerators are portable and have low initial and installation costs and easy to add to existing systems. These aerators are of low efficiency; produce liquid cooling that can reduce biological activity and suffer from icing problems, high floc shearing.