Water 4 Crops

India and European Union have jointly launched an innovative project that
could transform into a good green business in the near future. The project,
named as ‘Water 4 Crops – India’ was formally launched here at the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
The project is aimed at recycling and reuse of waste water that would be
collected from industries and households. Under the project, the ICRISAT,
along with its consortium partners - 22 partners from EU, 12 partners from
India and two investment partners - will be embarking upon recycling
treated waste water (grey water), stretching to a period of four years,
including two years of experimentation and validation.

The Union Department of Bio Technology and six EU countries contributed
Rs 40 crore each for the four-year project.
The Indian consortia include The Energy Research Institute (TERI), National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Euro India Research
Centre, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, SABMiller and Jain
Irrigation Systems Ltd.
“The consortium will be working on three types of industrial waste water
mainly from the Charminar Breweries of SABMiller in India in Andhra
Pradesh; Onion and Fruit Processing Plant at JISL, Jalgaon in Maharashtra;
and the sugar factory from Ugar Sugar in Karnataka,” Suhas P. Wani of
ICRISAT, who is leading the Indian consortium, told reporters here on
Tuesday.