Sewage Treatment Plant

Facing Bengaluru’s water crisis, one residential society installed flow metres, rainwater harvesting, and an STP — cutting their Rs 16 lakh bill to Rs 7 lakh.

In the first part of this 2-part series, we explore why Leh's groundwater has suffered a serious decline in quality and quantity. Experts explain the reasons behind this decline and hint at how we can fix it.

Mansi Jain, a graduate of environmental economics from Stanford University and her father Rajesh Jain, a product of IIT-Delhi, founded their startup Digital Paani to help industries and residential societies treat their wastewater more efficiently and at a lower cost.

Boson Whitewater is a Bengaluru-based water utility startup founded by Vikas Brahmavar. It converts treated wastewater (STP Water) into high-quality potable water by employing artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT).

JS Water Energy Life, a Delhi-based venture, has developed a unique Bio Sewage Treatment Plant (Bio-STP) at the Delhi Golf Course that can treat and recycle all the water it needs at one-third the cost.

Absolute Water Private Limited is a company founded by Smita Singhal. Its solar-powered sewage treatment plant produces clean water for drinking and cooking.

“After the water body completely transformed, we were surprised to notice that 10 to 15 different species of birds had begun to migrate here."

This bio-mimicked Sewage Treatment Plant by ECOSTP runs on zero power, requires very low maintenance and most importantly it’s running cost is 85 per cent less.

A company that grows its own vegetables, not something you come across everyday, right?

Ensuring that no untreated water is released into the Yamuna, the Noida Authority will now treat 100 million litres of sewage water a day to cater to the increasing number of high-rise apartments, biodiversity parks and green belts!