PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been selected by the state government of Gujarat in India to prepare a report of the supply of water to industries in the state.
The government has taken this step to gain clarity of the amount of water being used by the industries from different sources, and to clear any uncertainty of the tariff for water from the industries.
PwC's report will cover the major policy issues, such as regional disparity with regard to the distribution of water, as well as ways to tap into existing sources and create new sources.
Estimates the firm will carry out include the current needs by industries, as well as the demand for water over the next two decades. It is expected to complete the report in the early 2012.
A senior official in the chief minister's office told Times of India that the state supplies roughly 300 million litres of water a day to industries, and the water demand will increase because of two special investment regions in the state, which will require a combined 400 million litres of water a day.
PwC will also estimate how much water can be supplied to the industries by the state's irrigation projects, and the amount of recycled water which can be used by industries.
Currently, the Kutch industrial region is recieving only around 40 million litres of water a day, while the industrial region in south Gujarat is receiving the majority of the water supplied by the state.
PwC is a UK-based global professional services firm, which helps organisations and individuals in different industry sectors create better efficiency.
