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Vol. 2 ISSUE 3 April 2018 PRACTICE PERFORMANCE WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES LET'S CELEBRATE WORLD BY VARIOUS HOTELS WATER DAY! An abundance of water conservation methods and techniques With water conservation being the need of hour, applicable to the hotel industry are available. Here are a few hotels World Water Day celebration was the perfect who have shared their practices with us... 04 way for hoteliers to contribute their bit... 08 PRIME MOVERS PRAISE PLANET POST THE CHANGE MAKER! MARINE LIFE IS SCI-FI MOVIES 1 truckload of silt gave1 tanker worth of IMPORTANT! SHOW THE WAY water and we removed almost 50 lakh Mumbai felt love from deep within Check out some examples of water trucks; imagine how many tons of water when 80 Olive Ridley sea turtles conservation tech from the world of was saved... 10 were welcomed after 20 years15 science fiction... 12 Forthcoming - GreenOtels Summit: Gujarat 11 May 2018 | 2:30 pm to 8 pm | Pride Plaza Hotel | Ahmedabad www.greenotels.com Our aim has been to make GreenOtels as But let's face it; we’re spoiled. IS BENGALURU collaborative as possible, believing that a diversity of perspectives enriches the work. When we turn a faucet we expect water to ABOUT TO RUN We have reached out to experts, to automatically appear. Do know that this is professionals and promoters in hospitality as DRY? well as companies engaged in sustainable not the case anymore in Cape Town. Take a development to help make the big shift look at the measure the luxury hotels in South African city Cape Town's severe water towards a sustainable future. Cape Town are taking as a new daily limit of shortage - which has made it the first city Minakshi Agarwal KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATES 50 litres per person was brought in on 1 globally to face Day Zero (when government Bharat Malkani, E.C. FHRAI February this year. will shut down water connections for homes and businesses) - has turned the spotlight on CB Ramkumar, Our Native Village Think climate change and what comes to other big metros which might have to face Garish Oberoi, President, FHRAI mind? The Arctic Ocean melting like an ice Guests are asked to this reality in the near term. Niranjan Khatri, iSambhav Param Kanampilly, Concept Hospitality cube under a June sun? Island paradises A water-starved Bengaluru, it is believed, Sanjay Sethi, ITC Hotels swallowed up by rising seas? Beefier • Limit showers to 90 seconds. might make this infamous cut as it is seen as Steve Borgia, President, ESOI hurricanes crashing into coastlines with • Use hand sanitizer instead of washing their edging towards a crisis of epic proportions. greater frequency? hands ADVISORY PANEL Amitabh Tyagi, The Taj Hotels • Brush their teeth using a glass of water A BBC report listed 11 world cities that were “most likely to run out of drinking water”, and Arun Bahadur, The Oberoi Hotels There's a ring of truth to all of the above, rather than running water put Bengaluru at number 2, behind only São Ashish Rakheja, AEON Consultants and it should make all of us think and act • Perhaps most extreme, refrain from Paulo, Brazil. The report mentioned the acute HC Vinayaka, ITC Hotels greener. Now, the World Bank has come out flushing the toilet after urinating; the advice shortage of water in Cape Town in South Sanjeev Saxena, DLF Home Developers Shankareswaran Jayaraj, Reliance with a report that sums up one of the says, “If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s Africa, where people are now being rationed 50 litres daily, and which many fear could Sunil Relia, JLL Building Operations gravest of climate change consequences brown, flush it down.” become the first major city to run dry in the Vikram Choubal, Marriott International with just one word: WATER. As in, not • During stays of five nights and under, modern era. Other cities on the list of the CORE COMMITTEE enough of it. bedding will not be changed, while wet most vulnerable were Beijing, Cairo, Jakarta, Moscow, Istanbul, Mexico City, London, BENGALURU towels will be dried and returned without Tokyo and Miami. Ajay Nayak, ITC Gardenia By 2050, the report projects, water scarcity washing. Bhaskar Masineni, The Leela Palace could cause economic growth in some parts • Water-based spa treatments being struck The report noted that more than half of Jagadish Itagi, The Ritz Carlton Murali Panicker, Taj Bangalore of the world to drop by as much as 6 from the menu Bengaluru’s drinking water is wasted due to “antiquated plumbing”, 85% of the city’s CHENNAI percent. Regions where water is plentiful will • The pool being treated with an oil-based, N Ramamoorthy, ITC Grand Chola Hotel lakes “had water that could only be used for get thirsty, and regions already struggling non-toxic liquid called Heatsaver, which irrigation and industrial cooling”, and “not a HYDERABAD with scarcity will get thirstier. reduces natural evaporation. single lake had suitable water for drinking or Ashok Hemrajani, Minerva Group bathing”. DELHI • No longer doing guests’ laundry Anil Kumar, The Imperial S Seizing on the opportunity to contribute to Neeraj Kaushik, The Claridges The Supreme Court has recently allocated a R the World Water Day, we drove an I pray that Indian hotels don't have to take Rahul Prabhakar, ITC Maurya larger share of Cauvery water for Bengaluru, E Rothin Banerjee, Taj Palace awareness campaign across Indian hotels such extreme measures but as World Water but there is little doubt that the city’s water resources must be managed more efficiently. Suman Majumder, Hyatt Regency V asking the hotels to plan and share actions Day passes, we should take a moment to JAIPUR O that they would be taking on water. realise just how precious water it — it is truly Bengaluru originally had multiple sources of M Kannan, Oberoi Rajvilas Siddhesh Khatu, ITC Rajputana the stuff of life. We simply need to turn off water supply in the form of over 200 lakes, M abundant groundwater, and supplies from Vinay Paliwal, Jai Mahal Palace We received an encouraging response and our taps, think twice, reduce our usage and MUMBAI reservoirs in the Arkavathi river basin — the E some of those entries are being shared with recycle it wherever possible. Hesaraghatta Lake in the north and the Nilesh Mhatre, JW Marriott you in this edition. In fact we have dedicated Prashant Pawar, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts M Thippagondanahalli Reservoir in the west. I this entire issue featuring editorial content, The Next Action Day for us to create These sources are all but dead now due to Prashant Vaidya, Hotel Sofitel the depletion of catchment areas in the wake Praveen K Sharma, Renaissance R photos, solutions and statistics about global awareness is June 5th - The World Shailesh Kumar, JW Marriott P PONDER of uncontrolled infrastructure expansion. PERSPECTIVE water issues. Environment Day - so let's get cracking. 2 Vol. 2 ISSUE 3 April 2018 | 3 WATER - BEST PRACTICES BY HOTELS WATER - BEST PRACTICES BY HOTELS Taj Krishna And Taj Deccan The Fern Hotel, Belagavi Lemon Tree Hotels All the waste water of the hotel is treated and then further reused in areas like the cooling tower of the air conditioning plant, flushing, gardening and for new constructions within the complex. Samanvay Boutique Hotel, Udupi The centralized sewage water treatment plant We use aerator to save water. Aerators/flow restriction maintains water for Taj Krishna and Taj Deccan has been force and reduces outflow, saving water. designed by keeping in view of vast Unused water from banquet is collected and landscape and the requirements of more the same is used by us for floor mopping and Rain water harvesting protects and water for horticulture (about 6 acres) for Taj gardening. replenishes water table. Krishna than Taj Deccan. We use effluent treatment plant, the most Auto flush for public urinals minimizes water Water and sewage treatment plants installed By the centralized plant Taj Krishna is cost efficient and technically proven system wastage. benefitted with the utilization of using the to remove the unwanted, hazardous Water flow restrictors in all guest rooms, in waste water generated by Taj Deccan as it chemicals from the waste water. Use of recycled water for irrigation. wash basins. Sensor installed in all urinals. has mere usage of the treated sewage water. We have installed sand filtration system with Use of recycled water for flushing in guest Maintaining no water leakages on any water Hence at Taj Krishna there is more than UV filter. So, we can use same water in our rooms and for cooling towers. taps and pipe line. 100% utilization of treated water from STP for swimming pool. entire horticulture & cooling tower. This helps Meluha-The Fern The Crown - Goa us for both re-utilization of treated water as We also have water balancing tank to well as maintaining the bio-diversity maintain same water level in the pool and parameters. reduce water waste. Data shown is detail, of average water We also have installed dual flushing plates for purchased, sent for STP and received from all the toilets. STP. As per the detail at Taj Krishna we received and utilized 40% more then what we We have installed rain water harvesting sent out for treating at STP with the help of system where we can store 20,000 liters. The centralized STP for Krishna and Deccan. same water is used in flushing tank. To effectively conserve water in all The water that we use to mop & clean our departments of the hotel, across all levels we floors is not emptied into the drains but have water efficient and low flow faucets, instead used in our lawns & gardens.