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Seminar and Training workshop on: “Zero Liquid Discharge – Policy Experience and Emergent Technologies” jointly organized by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and IL&FS Academy of Applied Development (IAAD) on January 27th and 28th at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. We have invited faculties from Washington University at St. Louise, USA, Israel University and a senior practitioner in ZLD from Finland to share their experience about ZLD technologies.
Boucher and Registration Forms are attached herewith for ready reference.
BackgroundIndustrial wastewater generation in India contributes significantly to the local pollution causing degradation of ecosystems and posing risks to human health. Due to mounting pressure from public and directives from the judiciary, many State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) have been directing industries to meet requirements of Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD). In some cases, ZLD is specified as a condition of Consent to Operate, especially where infrastructure for wastewater collection and treatment is inadequate.
The goal of any well-designed ZLD system is to minimize the volume of wastewater at source that requires treatment and practice wastewater recycling and reuse in an economically feasible manner. Application of residual wastewater on land based vegetation system or its thermal evaporation is then generally followed to meet the ZLD requirement.
Technology options to achieve ZLD depend on the characteristics of the wastewater as well as the wastewater volume. Typical waste streams include wastewater treatment rejects typically from Reverse Osmosis (RO) or ion exchange, cooling tower blow down, spent coolants, metal finishing wastewaters, tank or equipment washing wastewaters, dye bath rejects and tanning industry effluents where common salt is used in large quantities in the production process resulting in high Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in the effluent.
Unfortunately, very few industries in India have achieved ZLD. There are challenges related to concentrating dissolved solids for instance on the count of very high consumption of energy and high costs of up keeping the membranes. There is a need to address these challenges in a systematic manner and in an integrated perspective noting the nexus between water and energy. ZLD solution should not become an energy guzzler to lead to unviable situation. Recovery of valuable resources should equally be driver objective in setting up of the ZLD systems.About GpcB The Government of Gujarat constituted the GPCB (Gujarat Pollution Control Board) on 15.10.1974 as per provisions under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 with a view to protect the environment and prevent and control the pollution of water in the State of Gujarat that occupies a prominent niche in progressive and industrial development of the country. The Board has been entrusted with the central acts and relevant rules for pollution control as notified thereof from time to time.
GPCB, having the responsibility of regulating environmental issues of one of the most industrialized states in India, has always given emphasis on capacity building of stakeholders such as industry, consultants, financiers and its own staff. Partnership with IAAD for dissemination of skill and knowledge in the field of environmental infrastructure is one such endeavor closer to the heart of GPCB. About the IL&FS Academy of Applied DevelopmentIL&FS Academy of Applied Development (IAAD) was established in 2012 by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS), a premier infrastructure project development and financing institution in India. IAAD serves as a think tank, a capacity builder and facilitator to address the challenges and opportunities that are emerging in the area of sustainable development. IAAD leverages on the enormous experience of IL&FS in PPPs and use it to provide solutions for sustainable development in line with the national agenda. Areas of interest of IAAD cut across various social and infrastructure sectors like roads, ports, cities, water, energy, health, waste management, education etc. While addressing these sectors, IAAD focuses on innovations that will help promote entrepreneurships, improve livelihoods and resource security. Primary stakeholders of IAAD are students, faculty, researchers, community based organizations, working professionals from infra and finance sectors, businesses and government officials.About iNDEXTb Industrial Extension Bureau, popularly known as iNDEXTb is a Government of Gujarat Organisation established with the objective of accelerating the industrial development in the State. The Bureau acts as a single point contact for entrepreneurs for establishing industrial ventures. In order to cater varied needs of entrepreneurs, iNDEXTb has established separate cells like Investment Promotion Division, International Business Division, Project & Technology Division, IT Division etc. which are headed by senior officers. The Bureau acts as catalyst of Industries Department of the Government in propagating industrial promotional policies, attracting industrial investment, organising mega events, seminars, industrial fairs etc.
Considering the above, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and IAAD (IL&FS Academy of Applied Development) with support of Washington University at St. Louis, USA have designed a two day Seminar and a Training Workshop on ZLD.VenueMahatma Mandir Conferencing Facilities, GandhinagarparticipationThe event is primarily aimed at industries interested or directed for ZLD projects, environmental and energy specialists, researchers and academics engaged in industrial pollution management, technology providers and investors/financers, policy makers and regulators.Resource persons: International and national experts and practicing managers would share concepts and experiences during the workshop.
Day 1
� No registration fees � Pre-registration required � Indicate in your interest in an email with names
of registrants, position and organization with contact details such as mobile number at [email protected]
Day 2 � Registration required � Fees : Rs. 5000/- plus Service Tax
@12.36% per participant. � Payable to IAAD. Attached is the
registration form.
payment Details by Online Transfer: Account Name : IKF-ACCOUNT-IAADBank : Axis BankBranch : Bandra West, Mumbai Account No : 912020046553735IFSC Code: UTIB0000028 MICR Code: 400211007SWIFT Code: AXISINBB028
payment Details for cheque / DD: Cheque/ DD should be in favour of “IKF-ACCOUNT IAAD” payable at MumbaiTerms and conditions:cancellation / Substitution: We appreciate that sometimes you are unable to attend. In this case we are happy to welcome a substitute delegate. Please let us know before a week in advance of the conference, in writing to confirm this.Please fax the filled form to +91 22 2653 3039 or email the same to [email protected] or by post to below address
Santosh ShidhayeIL&FS Limited, The IL & FS Financial Centre10th Floor, Plot C-22, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East),
Mumbai - 400 051, India
Last Date for Registration: January 20, 2014
Seminar and Training Workshop on
Zero Liquid DischargePolicy Experience and Emergent Technologies
Mahatma Mandir Conferencing Facility, Gandhinagar(January 27 - 28, 2014)
Academy for Applied Development(IAAD)
Dr prasad ModakDr Prasad Modak is the Dean of IL&FS Academy for Applied Development and Chief Sustainability Officer at IL&FS. He has more than 30 years of experience in the environmental management sector. He has worked extensively in the area of industrial pollution management focusing on Cleaner Production/Green Productivity in India and several other countries notably in Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Mauritius, Thailand and Vietnam covering industrial sectors such as textile, dairy, food, leather tanning, paper and pulp, electroplating, cement, chemical etc. Dr Modak was associated with the lines of credit on industrial pollution prevention and control with the World Bank in India, Egypt, Thailand with Asian Development Bank. Dr. Modak’s work over the past three decades has influenced environmental policies at the Governments & investments and practices in the industry on a global basis.
Prof. Pratim Biswas Professor Biswas is the Chairman of the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He has more than 200 publications, has presented at several invited presentations nationally and internationally and holds four patents. He has won several Teaching and Research Awards including the recipient of the 1991 Kenneth Whitby Award given for outstanding contributions by the American Association for Aerosol Research and the Neil Wandmacher Teaching Award of the College of Engineering in 1994. He was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Science, St. Louis in 2003. Professor Biswas has played a leading role at the National and International arena in the field of Aerosol Science and Technology by serving on several national committees. He was the Conference Chair for the 15th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research, Chair of the Critical Review Committee of the Air and Waste Management Association, an Associate Editor of the Aerosol Science and Technology Journal, the Technical Program Chair of the 7th International Aerosol Conference in 2006, served on the Board of Directors of the American Association for
Aerosol Research, was the Treasurer in 1998 and President of the organization in 2006-07. Professor Biswas is a member of the Steering Committee of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy and an Ambassador to the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.Professor Biswas is also the Director of the McDonnell Academy Global Energy & Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) and a member of the Steering Committee for I-CARES (International Centre for Advanced Renewable Energy & Sustainability).
Prof. John FortnerProfessor Fortner is currently an Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering where he currently holds an I-CARES Career Development Professorship. His research focus is centered on the aquatic chemistry and (environmental) interfaces of engineered nanomaterials, particularly carbon based fullerenes, graphene oxides and metal oxide core materials, considering both implication and application aspects of the technologies/materials. Fortner has received funding from the US National Science Foundation (multiple awards), the American Chemical Society, McDonnell Academy for Global Energy and Environmental Partnership and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (winner of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award). Before joining the faculty at WUSTL, Professor Fortner was an Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Rice University. He has also held postdoctoral fellow positions at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ). He obtained his B.S. from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. from Rice University in Environmental Engineering.
Mr I Sajid HussainMr I Sajid Hussain is Head of Operations and the wastewater Business at Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company Ltd. Sajid is involved in Design, Engineering and Project Management, Operation and Maintenance of several industrial wastewater recycling and Zero Liquid Discharge facilities. He is also responsible for preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) and Technology Development including piloting. Sajid holds extensive experience in Tannery, Textiles Dyeing, Pulp and Paper, Pharma, Sewage etc. He is principally responsible for development of unique Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Technologies such as “brine reuse technology’ for Textile Dyeing effluent and also for Pulp & paper.Sajid worked as International Consultant for ECO-FEI, Egypt for setting up a CETP in Egypt. He was consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), ILIFO on several Tannery Projects in India. He has conducted several training courses under HRD Mission, Govt. of India for onsite Tannery waste management. Sajid was a steering committee member for MoEF for the Kolkata CETP project. Sajid has implemented several CETPs in Tannery and Textile sector in Tamil nadu.
Prof. Viatcheslav FregerProfessor Freger holds a faculty position at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. His main expertise is in the areas of membrane technology for water and energy sectors, desalination and water treatment. He has extensively published and given invited talks on international meetings on various aspects of membrane transport theory and mechanisms, advanced characterization methods, use of advanced materials and processes in membrane separations and fouling and biofouling phenomena. He also holds several patents and patent applications in the field. His industrial experience includes collaboration and consultancy for several water- and nano-related companies in Israel, USA and Germany.
Key questions the event proposes to address � What are the trends in Industrial Pollution Management in India and overseas?
� Is ZLD relevant in this context? Is it practically achievable?
� What is the nexus between water, energy and materials in a ZLD solution?
� What new ZLD technologies are likely to be commercially available in near future?
� What should be the technology assessment framework for ZLD?
� What Cleaner Production/Waste Minimization techniques could be used to reduce the cost of ZLD plant? What are the good practice examples?
� What policy and financial incentives should be made available by the government to encourage ZLD?
The program
Day 1 - Seminar - January 27, 2014 Monday
Inauguration Session
10:00 10:05 Welcome Speech by Mr Hardik Shah, MS, GPCB
10:05 10:10 Opening Remarks, Secretary, Env, Gov of Gujarat/Chairman, GPCB
10:10 10:25 Industrial Pollution Management - Challenges and Opportunities - Dr Prasad Modak, IAAD
10:25 10:30 Signing of MoU between GPCB and IAAD
10:30 10:35 Inaugural speech by MoS - Env, GoG
10:35 10:45 Inaugural Speech by Hon. Minister - Environment, GoG
10:45 10:50 Vote of Thanks
10:50 11:15 Tea Break
Technical Session
11:15 12:00 Industrial Pollution Management - International Trends and Experiences - Prof Biswas, Washington University at St Louis, USA
12:00 12:45 Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) – Concept, Evolution and Technology Options - Prof. Viatcheslav Freger, Technion, Israel
12:45 13:45 Lunch
13:45 14:30 Overview of Industrial Pollution Management - ZLD, Mr. Hardik Shah, MS, GPCB
14:30 15:15 Case Studies on ZLD – Indian experience – Mr. Sajjid Hussain, COO, TWIC
15:15 15:30 Innovative and Cost Effective Zero Liquid Discharge Technology – Dr. Leif Ramm-Schmidt, Finland
15:30 16:30 Panel Discussion on ZLD – Representatives of Industry, Technology Providers, Regulators, Research and Academics
16:30 17:00 Networking Tea
Day 2 - Training Workshop - Tuesday January 28, 2014
Training Session
Begin Time End Time Description
09:00 09:30 Registration
09:30 10:15 ZLD Concept, ZLD Economics, Hierarchy of Technology Options and Associated Strategies – Dr Prasad Modak, IAAD
10:15 11:00 Basics of Membrane Technology - Prof. Viatcheslav Freger, Technion, Israel
11:00 11:15 Tea Break
11:15 12:00 Advanced Membrane Synthesis - Prof. John Fortner, Washington University at St Louis, USA
12:00 12:45 Basics of Nanotechnology & Global Business Potential - Prof. Biswas, Washington University at St Louis, USA
12:45 13:30 Indian Case Studies on ZLD - I with some videos – Mr. Sajid Husain TWIC
13:30 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 15:30 International and Indian Case studies on ZLD – Dr. Leif Ramm-Schmidt, Finland
15:30 17:00 Q&A Session on ZLD Fielded by a Panel – Panelists: Mr. K Ashok Natarajan, TWIC, Prof. Biswas, Washington University at St. Louis, Representative of GPCB, Representative of CPCB
17:00 17:30 Concluding remarks
Close with High Tea
KEY RESOURcE pERSONS
Leif Ramm-SchmidtMr Ramm-Schmidt is Managing Director of Ramm- Schmidt Consulting Ltd., Finland and is an expert on evaporation using polymeric heat exchangers. He has 12 patents to his credit in chemical engineering. Schmidt has worked extensively in sugar industry, energy industry, process industry and zero discharge systems. Schmidt has been working with pharmaceutical and textile industries of Gujarat for several months providing engineering solutions to production process and manufacturing problems of this industry.
Mr Hardik Shah Mr Hardik Shah is a Member Secretary of Gujarat Pollution Control Board. He has been associated with the Government of Gujarat since 1996 and has been instrumental in the design and execution of various policies, plans, and programs on environmental management in India in general and Gujarat in particular. He has successfully implemented an e-Governance program for Pollution Control Boards for increased transparency in environmental governance as well as efficient functioning and sound decision-making. Hardik has been a Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program and a doctoral candidate in the Chemical Engineering Department at Nirma University in India. He has worked for 17 years in the field of environmental engineering, planning and management.
