Six Waste, Used-Water Tech Projects to Be Deployed Across Municipal Systems

…and stormwater systems. Gauravi Lobo, Director, UTIF, said the key challenge was not merely developing companies or technologies but ensuring that there was a municipal buyer and budget for solutions after a pilot. “ Building companies is the easier half of this problem. The harder half is making sure there is a buyer with a budget line at the end of the pilot ,” she said, adding that the programme would make a long-term commitment to Chennai and Tiruchy. The initiative also comes amid increasing pressure on urban water and waste-management systems. Growing cities are…

…solutions that can reduce freshwater demand and recover resources from waste and wastewater are increasingly relevant to urban local bodies. Rini Dutta, chief growth officer, Villgro Innovations Foundation, said the difficult part for an innovation was often moving from a successful pilot to sustained adoption within municipal systems. Villgro, she said, works with urban local bodies to help promising solutions become technically validated, operationally ready and aligned with actual city requirements. Under the partnership, UTIF will contribute to…