 Water
Conservation
In 2010-11, ITC units withdrew 29.36 million Kilolitres (KL) of fresh water, (29.96 million KL in 2009-10), a reduction of 2% over the previous year, despite significant growth in almost all businesses.
This was made possible only by a focussed approach by all Units through water audits, benchmarking and adoption of leading practices to achieve the lowest possible specific water consumption (water required per unit of production).
Water sources
Of the 29.36 million KL of fresh water, 79.7 % of water was sourced from river water, 17.9% from ground water sources and only 2.4% from municipal and other water sources.
This year, of our total fresh water intake by ITC, our 3 Paperboards & Specialty Paper mills (Bhadrachalam, Kovai and Tribeni) alone withdrew 91.6 % of fresh water.
Bhadrachalam Unit
India's largest integrated paper and paperboards mill in India, accounted for 75.3% of the total fresh water intake in ITC. While the production volumes have increased by three times between 1998-99 and 2010-11, the fresh water intake of the Mill has increased by only 15% during the same period.
In 2010-11, Bhadrachalam Unit’s freshwater intake was 50.5 Kilolitre per tonne of product, a significant improvement of 7.7 % over the last year (54.7 KL/ tonne in 2009-10). It is worth mentioning that this surpasses the proposed benchmark standard of 63 KL /tonne as set by the National Productivity Council (NPC), for large scale integrated pulp and paper mills. (Reference: Final Report on Development of Guidelines for Water Conservation in Pulp and Paper Sector by NPC, New Delhi, March 2006).
Normalised production versus fresh water intake comparison of Bhadrachalam Unit
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