 Enlarging a Water Positive Footprint
 The continued focus on rainwater harvesting both in the Company premises and socially relevant watershed areas has enlarged our water positive footprint. In addition, wherever feasible, adequate provisions have been made to utilise the treated effluent for irrigation purposes. In 2010-11, 60.7% of total treated effluent discharged has been utilised for irrigation.
As at March 31, 2011, the Watershed Projects covering over 64,000 Hectares (ha) of land, support the Water Positive status of the Company for the 9th year in a row. The total rainwater harvesting potential so far created by the Company is over two times the net water consumption by our operations. The amount of actual rainwater harvested is dependent on the incident rainfall as well as on the pattern of rainfall among other factors, introducing a number of challenges, given that ITC's activities cover such a large geographical spread.
| ITC - Water Positive
for 9 Consecutive
Years |
ITC will continue to strive towards improving its water audits, benchmarking and consumption practices in order to ensure greater effectiveness in rainwater harvesting.
| Water balance at ITC |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
| Fresh water intake |
24.1 |
22.48 |
24.98 |
25.58 |
25.79 |
27.46 |
32.72 |
29.96 |
29.36 |
| Treated effluents discharged |
14.64 |
14.04 |
19.55 |
20.96 |
19.58 |
18.92 |
24.52 |
23.41 |
22.21 |
Percentage of treated
effluent
utilised for
irrigation
by nearby
farming community |
** |
** |
86.9 |
86.8 |
80.5 |
79.4 |
72.3 |
84.8 |
60.7 |
| Net water consumption |
9.49 |
8.44 |
5.43 |
4.62 |
6.21 |
8.54 |
8.2 |
6.55 |
7.15 |
RWH potential created
within ITC units |
0.24 |
0.39 |
0.34 |
0.61 |
0.47 |
0.42 |
0.5 |
0.42 |
0.92 |
RWH potential created
through watershed
projects
(cumulative
for that year) |
12.5 |
15.67 |
16.52 |
18.99 |
23.12 |
25.42 |
19.43 |
20.18 |
18.97 |
Total RWH potential
created (for the year) |
12.74 |
16.06 |
16.86 |
19.60 |
23.59 |
25.84 |
19.93* |
20.60* |
19.89* |
* ‘RWH potential’ figures account for silt deposits in various watershed structures. The adjustments are based on actual sample measurements & the extent of silt deposit depends on the age & location of a structure
** Not available
All figures in Million KL, except percentage |
