Maharashtra to look at ways to make sea water potable

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in the state legislative council on Friday that the government will prepare a project report to study the feasibility of purifying sea water to use it as drinking water in the city.

To be prepared for the spurt in population and economic activity, the Maharashtra government is planning to study the possibility of treating sea water to use it for drinking purposes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in the state legislative council on Friday that the government will prepare a project report to study the feasibility of purifying sea water to use it as drinking water in the city.

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“There is always an argument between water supply for urban areas versus water for rural areas. Although it is very expensive, we will have to consider the use of new technology to some extent so as to plan for the future,”the chief minister said.

“The government will prepare a project report to study the use of sea water like in Chennai,” he added.

Tamil Nadu has been one of the first states to deploy technology to treat sea water, using water desalination technology developed by the Department of Atomic Energy to convert sea water into drinking water.

Fadnavis said that several parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region today rely on water from Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).

“In many places, there are situations when industrial water supply is affected if MIDC water is given for domestic usage,” the chief minister said.

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