Australian firms to take up water management schemes

Amaravati: The Australian companies are going to engage in water conservation and water management with latest technology in the State and Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu approved of their pilot project and asked them to scale it accordingly, and work on the final proposal.

At Secretariat here on Monday, Chandrababu Naidu met with the delegation from Australia, who wanted to follow up on the idea of bringing latest technology for water management. 

Chris Feil, Director at Chris Feil Consulting Services Pty. Ltd, Richard Dholewick, Director at Crassus and Satvik Gangavarapu, Director Commercial and Supply at VicWater were a part of the delegation.

They proposed to find a pilot region at the earliest to implement a system to conserve water. The system is scalable, and is an integrated approach to water management which includes desalination, conservation and management of ground water, surface water, water trading, catchment management, water recycling and smarter use of water.

The plans include bringing in new water intensive industries, policies, planning, storm water capture and reuse, advanced irrigation innovation and more use of technology. The Chief Minister agreed to partner with the delegation and said that Andhra Pradesh has many opportunities in water technologies. 

He  further explained that, through interlinking of rivers, introduction of rain guns and techniques in conservation and management of water, AP is already mitigating water shortages in different parts of the state.