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June 20, 2007
Mumbai Looks to Israel for Water Management
With facilities as pictured here, Israel is well known as a world leader in the water management industry and has successfully introduced technologies such as drip irrigation, sea water desalination, sewage recycling and many others.
Knowing this, the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with the Consulate General of Israel, Mumbai, and the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority, has organized a seminar titled "Water Management and Technology - the Israel experience" to discuss the water crisis in India and applicable solutions to be learned from Israel's experience.
Oded Distel, Israeli minister of Industry, Trade and Labor said, "We have a lot to offer India with regard to water management. India has ample water resources but has not managed them well. We have knowledge to share."
"The Maharashtra state water policy also needs some urgent revising. During the year 2000, the state allotted only 55 per cent of its total fresh water supply for agricultural purposes. We do not even have a single sea water desalination plant operating on a large scale in India," stated K C Mehra, deputy chairman & managing director, Forbes Gokak Limited, as reported by DNA, Daily News & Analysis.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at June 20, 2007 11:20 PM
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