Piramal Sarvajal and
Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation, Smart City Tie-up in
the Safe Drinking Water Space
People using the Sarvajal Water ATM Services
On 12th July
2017, Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation and Piramal Sarvajal signed the
agreement for providing Safe Drinking water to the people of Bhubaneshwar
through a decentralized community safe drinking water solution. Piramal
Sarvajal, the technology partner, has through its pioneering solutions aimed to
alleviate challenges in the community safe drinking water management sector
through innovative products, solution and systems in areas of water
purification and distribution.
Signing of the agreement
Highlights of the project
1. After Delhi,
Bhubaneshwar is the first city to set-up a 'Hub N Spokes' water ATM project.
2. The tenure of
this project is for five years and involves settings up of 4 Hub Purification
Units and 40 Solar Powered, Cloud Connected Water ATMs.
3. Both
purification and dispensing systems are remote monitoring equipped.
4. Water ATMs can
be operated both through smart cards and coins.
5. Bhubaneshwar
is the first Smart City to initiate such a project, ensuring safe drinking
water to not only the underserved bastis
but also the Common Commuters.
6. This project
will not only reduce chances of water borne diseases it will
also set benchmarks in the provision of Low-Cost, High-Quality, Clean-Tech,
Smart Public Service in the drinking water space.
7. Piramal
Sarvajal experience in Delhi has shown this model contributes to a greater
degree of resilience compared to grid/network solutions in times of disaster or
man-made service disruption.
8. Piramal
Sarvajal recently received the Prestigious FT/IFC Transformational Business
Award for Achievement in Transformational Technology for designing and
deploying innovative technology to ensure safe drinking water access to
communities.
About Piramal Sarvjal
Piramal Sarvajal,
seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social
enterprise which designs and deploys innovative solutions for creating
affordable access to safe drinking water in underserved areas. Sarvajal is at
the forefront of developing technologies and business practices in the safe
drinking water sector that are designed to make a purely market-based model
sustainable in both rural and urban deployment conditions. Currently, we are
reaching out to approximately 320,000 consumers daily, through 416+
installations across 14 states.
Piramal Sarvajal has been able to successfully demonstrate sustainable community-level decentralized drinking water solutions built upon the foundation of quality control, operational accountability and price transparency. Cashless transactions, off-grid capability, pay-per-use methodology, 24x7 service availability, user-level transaction mapping, real-time impact monitoring and provision for targeted subsidies are the unique advantages offered by this solution.
Hub
and Spoke Model
