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simultaneous flood-like situations in Uttarakhand, As a result of our sustained efforts at harvesting,
Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. recycling and reusing water, water consumption
at our two units at Gadepan is much below the
OuR APPROACh limit prescribed by the corporate responsibility
Sustainable use of Water for environment protection (CREP) guidelines.
Since we are aware that our plants are located in a The Indian fertiliser industry has been permitted a
water-scarce state, we take the stewardship of the maximum water consumption of 8 cubic meters per
environment very seriously. We are committed to the tonne of urea for gas-based urea plants, as per the
conservation of fresh water, and proper discharge of CREP guidelines. During the reporting year, our
water used in our manufacturing process. specific water consumption was 4.97 cubic meters
per MT of urea as against 5.03 cubic meters per MT
By managing fresh water as a sustainable resource, of urea in 2014-15.
we have substantially reduced our energy footprint
as it takes large amounts of energy to produce and In the reporting year, 71 percent of waste water
transport clean water, and process waste water. was recycled back into the system, and the balance
amount was used in the irrigation network within
We draw water from the Kalisindh, a seasonal rain- the complex. We do not use freshwater for irrigation
fed river flowing near our plants at Gadepan. To or horticultural purposes. During FY 2015-16, we
conserve water, we have constructed a check dam (7 used 1203088 m3 of treated effluent water for
million m3 capacity) on the river, which has resulted irrigation. We discharged 224456 m3 of waste
in an increase in the ground water level in the region. water into the Kalisindh River during the rainy
This has also led to round-the-year availability of season in 2015-16. We also ensure that the quality
water for irrigation and other activities. A second of the discharge is within the norms specified by the
check dam (3.4 million m3 capacity) was built on regulatory authorities, and that none of the natural
the Parwan River in FY 2011-12 for the purpose of water sources are affected by our water withdrawal
rainwater harvesting. or discharge.

In the reporting year, our total water withdrawal
from Kalisindh was 1131890 m3 as against
9989980 m3 in FY 2014-15.

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