• Three of the six
manufacturing locations replenishing more water to the ground than being
consumed
• Potential to recharge
1,19,373 cu.m. rainwater from the site (excluding rooftop) runoff at ABB Peenya
• The water positivity
index of the ABB Peenya plant is 1.05
ABB India today announced
that its Peenya campus in Bengaluru has
been certified water positive by the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat
Assessment (GRIHA) Council. With this, three out of its six manufacturing locations
are now ‘water positive’. Their Peenya campus has a water positivity index of
1.05, demonstrating its contribution towards replenishing a much greater
quantity of water for the environment than withdrawals for its manufacturing
facilities. Previously, the Nelamangala campus
and Nashik Plant 1 had received a
‘water positive’ certification from the GRIHA Council, in association with The
Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
In place of simply
replacing the amount of water taken from the environment, the company
implemented a systematic approach towards ‘Water Positivity’ to replenish more
water than it consumes at these locations. The approach includes initiatives
such as rainwater use and recharge, reduction in the use of freshwater, water
recycling, and real-time monitoring of water consumption, recharge, and saving.
The Peenya unit currently
has 5 cross-wave technology-based recharge tanks and 1 conventional recharge
well to capture the runoff and recharge the groundwater table. The installation
of water-efficient fixtures and fittings reduced the freshwater consumption for
domestic purposes, whereas the domestic wastewater generated within the site is
treated through the in-house sewage treatment plant (STP) and recycled for
gardening through efficient water sprinklers as well as a drip-based irrigation
system resulting in water recyclability enhancement by 12 percent as compared
to previous year.
The water positive index
shows ABB India’s enhanced dependency on secondary water sources such as
treated wastewater, and rainwater and lesser dependency on groundwater sources
for its manufacturing facilities.
“At ABB, ‘sustainability in practice’ is at the core of everything we do and is a key part of our company’s purpose. Water is a precious resource, and its preservation is critical for us. Achieving water positivity for 50 percent of our manufacturing locations is a significant achievement in our journey towards resource preservation and we remain committed to turning all our manufacturing locations ‘water positive’ in coming years,” said Sanjeev Sharma, Country Head and Managing Director, ABB India.
