Water
Conservation
| Tribeni Unit |
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Kovai Unit |
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The Tribeni Mill, which manufactures specialty paper which is a water intensive process, has implemented various water conservation measures, resulting in the use of less than half the freshwater per tonne of product during the reporting period in comparison to 1998-99. |
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Consistent efforts towards implementing water conservation initiatives have yielded positive results in the Kovai Unit. Kovai has achieved substantial reduction of close to 33.5% in specific fresh water intake over the 2006-07 level, as illustrated above. |
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| Specific freshwater intake in
Tribeni Mill (KL/Tonne) |
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Specific fresh water intake in
Kovai Unit (KL/Tonne) |
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| 2010-11 |
124 |
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| 2009-10 |
117 |
| 2008-09 |
120 |
| 2007-08 |
106 |
| 2006-07 |
99 |
| 2005-06 |
105 |
| 2004-05 |
107 |
| 2003-04 |
128 |
| 2002-03 |
178 |
| 2001-02 |
213 |
52.1%
reduction in
specific fresh
water intake
over 1998-99 |
| 2000-01 |
226 |
| 1999-00 |
233 |
| 1998-99 |
259 |
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| 2010-11 |
124 |
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| 2009-10 |
117 |
| 2008-09 |
120 |
| 2007-08 |
106 |
| 2006-07 |
99 |
33.5%
reduction in specific fresh water
intake over the
2006-07 level |
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This specific freshwater intake of 13.97 KL/tonne is better than the proposed benchmark standard of 19 KL/tonne by NPC, New Delhi in 2006 for this category of Paper Mill.
In 2010-11, the Cigarette Business reported a specific fresh water intake of 3.9 KL/Million Cigarettes equivalent; an improvement of 9.7% over last year (4.3 KL/Million Cigarettes eq. in 2009- 10). (British American Tobacco reported a specific water consumption of 4.15 m3/Million Cigarette eq. in BAT Sustainability Report 2010).
Unit wise improvements in specific freshwater intake over the last year are: |
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2009-10 |
2010-11 |
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KL/ Million cigarettes
equivalent |
Percentage
improvement |
| Munger |
5.38 |
4.60 |
14.4 |
| Bengaluru |
4.14 |
3.67 |
11.6 |
| Saharanpur |
4.51 |
4.24 |
6.03 |
| Kidderpore |
2.95 |
2.61 |
11.4 |
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| ITC’s Snacks Units of the Foods Division at Haridwar and Pune have achieved substantial savings in freshwater intake per tonne of product as illustrated below: |
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Foods
business
Snacks Units |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
Percentage
improvement |
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L/kg |
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| Haridwar |
10.83 |
5.90 |
45.5 |
| Pune |
20.48 |
11.69 |
42.9 |
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Other Units which achieved significant reduction in specific freshwater intake over the last year:
| Packaging & Printing Units
at Tiruvottiyur & Munger |
21.2% & 12.2%
respectively |
| Cast coating unit at Bollaram |
12.4% |
| ITC Grand Central |
5.8% |
| ITC Windsor |
11% |
| WelcomHotel Sheraton Chola |
20.3% |
| WelcomHotel Sheraton
New Delhi |
16.2% |
| WelcomHotel Sheraton
Rajputana |
10.6% |
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