Sustainable water resource management at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited Plants, India
Student name: Mr Qazi Syed Wamiq Ali
Guide: Dr Chander Kumar Singh
Year of completion: 2015
Host Organisation: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Thakur Pherwani
Abstract: This project study was carried over period of five months on sustainable water resource
management at HCCBPL plants. During the project time period, there was an exposure to see,
inspect and understand how sustainable water resource management was carried out by the
reduction in WUR(Water Usage Ratio), monitor and assess of UF-RO(Ultra-Filtration & reverse
osmosis) efficiency in tertiary treatment process and validation of groundwater recharge with
the help of piezometer hydrography interpretation and analysis. Plants considered for the WUR
reduction study were Ameenpur plant and Maula Ali plant in Hyderabad respectively and for
WUR validation study, including leakage audit was Dasna plant in Hapur district.
Piezometer groundwater level and groundwater extraction study against artificial recharge was
conducted at Vijaywada plant and Chittor plant in Telangana state. The various groundwater
depth reading, groundwater extraction/ consumption data and rainfall data collected from time
inception of piezometer till Sep’ post monsoon and hydrographs were plotted showing
groundwater level data against groundwater consumption against rainfall at upstream and
downstream side to validate groundwater recharge.
Tertiary treatment processes using UF-RO for treating waste water recovery for utility purposes
was studied in thirteen plants to understand how UF-RO efficiency could be improved. The
design capacity and actual working capacity of UF-RO to treat wastewater on a weekly basis
was calculated and assessed. The opportunity water loss per month would be saved if UF-RO
system runs at standard operating efficiency of 60% or more than 60% efficiency. The
opportunity water loss was around 463 Kilo liters per month. There is a need of running UF-RO
at standard operating efficiency of 60% or at a maximum possible working efficiency of all
plants uses UF-RO at end of tertiary treatment process so that maximum treated waste water can
be reused/recovered.
Overall, the chemistry of various factors that govern access to drinking water and utilization of
water resources and the increasing demand for water, make it imperious to look for holistic
approaches for sustainable water resource planning and management.
Keywords: WUR, UF-RO, Piezometer, HCCBPL, Opportunity Water Loss, Leakage audit.
