LANXESS India, a chemicals company, has been acknowledged for its exceptional work in the area of water resource management.
The company has been systematically following an integrated water management strategy at its manufacturing site in Nagda, working towards a ‘zero discharge’ goal which has been accomplished through the Waste Water Post Treatment Plant.
The award was handed over to concerned officials leading the company, in appreciation of their efforts towards meeting high water resource management standards at its manufacturing site.
Ananth Kumar, Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Padma Vibhushan Anil Kakodkar, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India, handed over the award to Namitesh Roy Choudhury, VP, and Subhat Kumar Jindal, GM, in presence of other dignitaries at an event.
The LANXESS site already had a full-fledged effluent treatment plant (ETP) and an advanced sewage treatment plant, which treated sewage water from the colonies around and rendered it fit for use in the production processes. After a reverse osmosis step, this water was then used as boiler feed water.
In addition, LANXESS assessed how the entire treated waste water could be recycled. They developed the concept of waste water post treatment plant (WWPT). It treats the discharge from existing ETP, making sure that no liquid effluents are discharged to Chambal River.
A roadmap for reducing the water footprint of the site has been developed by company, which has been appreciated at different stages. In 2009, company was awarded by ICC for the Sewage Treatment plant that attained the destination through this Zero Liquid Discharge implementation, commented, Jacques Perez, MD, country representative, LANXESS India, on this achievement.