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Energy being one of the most precious components in today’s context, needs to
be conserved to serve the water supply economically resulting in protection of the
environment. As the city population is increasing, the alternative arrangement of water
transmission grid should also be economical in the cases like shut down of water works,
power cutoff, natural calamities etc. Planning and reviewing must be done from time to
time by the Hydraulic Department and Energy Efficiency Cell for timely and successful
implementation of energy efficiency improvement works.

Takeaways from the project are as follows

Water Treatment Plant in Surat • Sites selected must have energy consumption pattern in steady or increasing manner.
• Selection of sites must be done considering energy generation during high wind /
Energy Secured.
Solar radiation period so that energy consumption should always be greater than the
Environmental: With the motive of reduction in carbon footprint along with conservation net energy available for use from wind / Solar power plant(s).
of electrical energy & thus reducing conventional fuel/ energy sources usages, SMC has
implemented various Energy Efficiency (EE) measures. • Site must have higher energy usages so that maximum benefits can be availed.
• Well experienced consultant is always required for carrying out energy generation
Transferability assessment, site selection and contractor selection process, especially for
organizations like SMC.
ther Municipal Corporations like Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation placed work order
Oto install 4.2 MW capacity of wind power plants, for which SMC provided all kinds of The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) produces nearly 40MW of green energy from wind,
help to take such initiative. solar and biogas. Another 10MW of energy will be produced in the next 12 months. Surat
Municipal Corporation, against its annual requirement of 245 giga watts per hour (GWh),
Lesson learned from the practice produces 86.5 GWh of renewable energy, which is 35% of its requirement. This helps it
save Rs 52 crore from its annual energy bill of Rs167 crore. Besides, this also reduces
n order to economize every litre of water, which is processed and distributed to the citizens greenhouse gas emission by 95,720 tonne per year.
Ifor its expenses incurred therein and as such water supply is made self sustainable, thus
there is a need to formulate broader objectives which should include and take some steps Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC)
simultaneously. The first one refers to the replacement of energy inefficient machineries Surat Municipal Corporation is a local self government which has come into being under
by the efficient ones, along with measuring, monitoring and controlling all processes the Bombay Provincial Municipal Act, 1949. It carries out all the obligatory functions and
as well as energy parameters. Water supply charges should be revised considering the discretionary functions entrusted by the BPMC Act, 1949 with the following mission: To
future requirements, from the existing ones and more people should be opting for metered make Surat a dynamic, vibrant, beautiful, self-reliant and sustainable city with all basic
connections. amenities, to provide a better quality of life.

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