News Food for Thought: How to Plug Water Leaks at City Restaurants.

Energy & Environment Lab Food for Thought: How to Plug Water Leaks at City Restaurants

The Times of India / October 11, 2016

NEW DELHI: Many would remember how the National Green Tribunal had in 2014 ordered several eateries in Hauz Khas village to remain shut until they installed effluent treatment facilities. These eateries were allegedly discharging untreated waste water and spent oil into the sewers. But that's not the only trouble with a large number of unregulated eateries in the city.

Anshuman and his team at the water resources division of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) found that most restaurants used this scarce resource extremely inefficiently.

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11 October 2016

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