SDG6-Water-management-Educational-Opportunities - Vellore Institute of Technology

Water management Educational Opportunities

Water management education is critical to addressing the world’s water concerns. As freshwater resources become scarcer owing to population expansion, climate change, and pollution, it is critical to provide citizens with the information and skills necessary to manage water resources sustainably. Educational opportunities in water management create knowledge about the importance of efficient water usage, conservation techniques, and the creation of new water distribution and treatment technologies. Communities can teach workers who understand the intricate interactions between human activities and water systems by offering specialist water management programs. These specialists may then help to design policies, use water more efficiently, and safeguard ecosystems, ensuring equal access to clean water for future generations. Furthermore, such schooling promotes knowledge of interdependence.

Furthermore, such education promotes an understanding of water’s connectivity with agriculture, energy, and public health, which is essential for developing holistic, long-term water resource management plans.

1. A guest lecture titled ” Biological Wastewater Treatment: An Insight on Ammoniacal Nitrogen Removal by a Novel Hybrid Method ” was organized on October 12, 2023, at School of Advanced Sciences (SAS) in Vellore.

2. A guest lecture titled “Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in Multi-Cropping Landscapes using Effective Watershed Management Strategies” was organized on June 9, 2023, at VIT School of Agricultural Innovations And Advanced Learning (VAIAL) in Vellore.

3. A guest lecture titled ” Putting Chemistry to Work for Supplying Clean Water” was organized on June 6, 2023, at School of Advanced Sciences (SAS) in Vellore.

4. A guest lecture titled ” Hydrological Network for Water Resources Assessment ” was organized on March 30, 2023, at School of Civil Engineering (SCE) in Vellore.

5. A guest lecture titled “Zero Liquid Discharge Water Treatment Technology in CETP – RANITEC – Online- Assessment ” was organized on Jan 20, 2023, at School of Social Sciences and Languages (SSL) in Vellore.

6. An industrial expert lecture titled “Zero Liquid Discharge Water Treatment” was organized on Jan 20, 2023, at School of Advanced Sciences (SAS) in Vellore.

7. A guest lecture titled “Industrial Wastewater Management Treatment” was organized on December 12, 2022, at School of Advanced Sciences (SAS) in Vellore.

8. A guest lecture titled “Application of Geospatial Technology in Irrigation Water Management- Estimation of Evapotranspiration “was organized on November 09, 2022, at School of Civil Engineering (SCE) in Vellore.

9. A guest lecture titled “Water Treatment System in Korea” was organized on August 10, 2022, at School of Civil Engineering (SCE) in Vellore.

Korea Water Resources Corporation have given a brief lecture to our students about how surface water resources are treated and supplied to korean citizens. He explained that the surface water is sent to water treatment plant and it is treated for primary secondary tertiary treatment. Mainly they focused on the microbiological contaminant that were present in the water. He also explained the dispute between sharing of water among North Korea and South Korea. Groundwater is not used as a source of water supply in Korea. Few private pumping wells are there to meet the need of household of Korea.