Israel leads the world in the water management industry and has successfully introduced technologies such as drip irrigation, sea water desalination.
The Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with the Consulate General of Israel, Mumbai, and the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority, organised a seminar on ‘Water Management and Technology - the Israel experience’ on Monday, to discuss the water crisis in India and applicable solutions from Israel’s experience.
Located in a desert, Israel leads the world in the water management industry and has successfully introduced technologies such as drip irrigation, sea water desalination, sewage recycling and many others. “Israel is the Silicon Valley for water management technology,” said Oded Distel, Israeli minister of industry, Trade and Labour.
“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,” added Distel.
“Successful implementation of technologies like drip irrigation and rain water harvesting can irrigate up to 50 per cent of India’s uncultivable land. The country also needs to reframe its national water policy, through which technologies like drip irrigation can be introduced nationwide,” said K C Mehra, deputy chairman & managing director, Forbes Gokak Limited.
Presently, India has only 12 lakh hectares under drip and sprinkler irrigation system, while there are 690 lakh hectares that can still implement it.
“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,” added Mehra.
Stressing on the need for a successful sea water desalination plant, Sriram Kulkarni, director of Technochem Agencies said, “Only 0.15 per cent of fresh water is supplied through the desalination process.
We waste almost 50 per cent of surface water due to a dearth of storage facilities. The result is that by 2025, India will face acute water shortage.There is an urgent need for the government to install several desalination plants.”
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