Water Conservation

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VMTW is advantageously located in a developing suburban-semi-urban area of Hyderabad. Its location combines the benefits of a relatively peaceful and green campus atmosphere with access to the educational and technological opportunities of the Hyderabad metropolitan region. The institution highlights its campus as an eco-friendly learning environment with student-support facilities. The institute depends on ground water for all its water needs. Hence, efficient usage of available water and water conservation measures are adopted. The daily requirement of water in the campus is around 60,000 liters.

Facilities:

• Rain Water Harvesting
• Bore Well Recharge
• Availability of Storage Tanks
• Waste Water Recycling
• Water Distribution System

The following measures are taken for the conservation of water:

Rain Water Harvesting:

Institute has taken maximum steps to harvest rain water inside the campus.

• Number of rain water harvesting pits are 27 which are constructed in the campus at various places.
• Bore well recharge is done.
• It helps us to reduce the floods on roads and mitigate water stagnation inside campus. It also aided to improve the ground water level to a considerable extent.

Sl.No.	Location	Used for
01	Block - A	Roof top rain water
02	Block - B	Roof top rain water
03	Hostel	Roof top rain water

Bore Well Recharge:

Bore well water is used to provide the sufficient amount of water to meet the needs of all stake holders and employees. It is recharged by rain water.

S.No	Type of Well	Depth (feet)	Water Level (feet)	Water (inches)	Motor and Pump Capacity	Water Delivered by the Pump (Liters / Hour)
01	Bore	800	600	2.5	7.5 hp & 15 stage	8000
02	Bore	400	300	2.5	7.5 hp & 15 stage	5000
03	Bore	600	500	2.5	7.5 hp & 15 stage	5500

Availability of Storage Tanks:

Two underground tanks with the capacity of 60,000 liters each is constructed as a central system and also overhead tanks on top of the building. A contour bund is created as the boundary for all rain water harvesting pits for the passage and percolation of rain water.

S.No	Type of Tank	Tank capacity (Liters)	Quantity	Function
01	Underground Tank	50,000	1	Bore well water stored
02	Over Head Tank	50,000	1	Bore well water distributed
03	Over Head Tank	50,000	1
04	Over Head Tank	50,000	1
05	Over Head Tank	50,000	2
06	Over Head Tank	5,000	1	RO water distributed
07	Recycled Water (STP) underground tank	1,00,000	1	Water distribution for garden
08	Waste water storage in underground tank	50,000	1	Waste water stored

Waste Water Recycling:

In this campus 60,000 liters of water demand is for college smooth functioning. Total water demand is being met by extracting from ground through bore well and is naturally replenished (being situated lake side), also recharged with bunds and harvesting pits. Total waste water produced from the campus is treated with a centrally constructed decentralized sewage treatment plant (STP). This decentralized waste water treatment plant is installed with a capacity of 2000 liters per hour. The waste water after treatment is proposed to be utilized effectively for gardening purpose. These will drastically reduce the usage of fresh water. Approximate estimation is given below for information.

S.No	Type of plant and tree	Quantity (S.ft.)	Water used (Liters / Day)
01	Landscaping	45,000	13,500
02	Flower plants and shrubs	25,000	7,500
03	Tamarind	10	200
04	Mango	15	200
Total			27,250

Water Distribution System:

The bore well water is pumped into ground storage tank which has capacity 50,000 liters and then water is pumped to the four overhead tanks of 50,000 liters capacity each. Further the water is distributed to washrooms, construction, canteen, workshops and floor cleaning through a well laid pipe network. The water from overhead tank is distributed to all taps across the campus.

VMTW has its own mineral water (RO) plant with the capacity of 1000 liters per hour each. Water coolers are installed in all blocks to provide clean drinking water to all the staff and students in the institute.

Waste water usage is reduced using low pressure flushes and water is supplied through a separate set of distribution pipes. The entire distribution system is well supervised by Civil works to ensure that there are no leakages and wastage of precious water through joints, valves, etc. All the stakeholders of the institute are well educated to use water economically and efficiently. Our own institution plumbers maintain the plumbing system. Whenever problems are identified, immediate actions are taken to restrict wastage of water.

S.No	Blocks	Type of use	Quantity	Approximate use of water (Liters)
1	Block A	Washrooms	12	800
		Cooler	5	300
		Floor cleaning	5	100
		Hand wash	10	150
2	Block B	Washrooms	11	600
		Cooler	5	100
		Floor cleaning	4	80
		Hand wash	10	150
3	Godavari Hostel	Washrooms	104	6,240
		Cooler	4	200
		Floor cleaning	4	100
		Hand wash	104	1,560
4	Krishna Hostel	Washrooms	100	6,000
		Cooler	5	300
		Floor cleaning	4	100
		Hand wash	50	750
5	Chanikya Hostel	Washrooms	30	1,800
		Cooler	2	100
		Floor cleaning	2	40
		Hand wash	8	120
6	Tagore Hostel	Washrooms	10	600
		Cooler	1	40
		Floor cleaning	1	20
		Hand wash	3	45
7	Anand Bhavan Hostel	Washrooms	25	1,500
		Cooler	8	400
		Floor cleaning	2	30
		Hand wash	8	120
8	Canteen	Washrooms	3	500
		Coolers	2	100
		Hand wash	5	300
		Floor cleaning	1	25
9	Workshops	Washrooms	1	1,000
		Hand wash	1
10	Construction	New construction	1	10,000
Total				34,270