We cannot allow a large portion of water to go waste, we have to work on 3R – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

– Anil Suri, General Manager-Sales & Marketing, Kulkarni Power Tools Ltd. (Blowers division)

Over the last 25 years, since its inception, Kulkarni Power Tools Ltd. (KPT) has kept pace with change. An in-depth understanding of changing customer requirements has guided it into delivering quality in the manufacturing and marketing of electric power tools. Anil Suri explains the necessity to fight with the current water scarcity challenge and the solutions offered by it for the same.

Driving factors
Though India has about 16 per cent of global population, it has only 4 per cent of water resources. To address this serious issue is very imperative. According to Central Pollution Control Board, the country has an installed capacity of only 30 per cent of household waste it generates, and the rest is released into open drains or straight into the ground.

However, now as awareness is increasing about scarcity of water, people are seriously working on the competitive water treatment solutions for reused and recycled water. Without solving this water issue, one cannot survive and hence solving the water issue is very important.  “We cannot allow a large portion of water to go waste, we have to work on 3R – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle,” says Mr Suri.

Innovations in water treatment solutions
Almost every company in water treatment is working for low cost solutions and they have achieved that, some of the water treatment technologies are – nano technology, membrane filtration technology, low pressure membranes, high pressure membranes, ultraviolet irradiation technology, advance oxidation technology, ion exchange technology, biological filtration and many more.

Products and solutions
Kulkarni Power Tools offers energy efficient high speed roots blowers (twin  and tri lobe); which are air cooled as water is not required for cooling purpose. It also offers exhausters, truck mounted blowers, acoustic hoods, centrifugal fans and axial fans.   

“We are launching air cooled tri lobe blowers which are very well accepted  in export market, We are coming up with energy efficient high speed turbo blowers to cater especially water and wastewater industry which will reduce the energy consumption of the plant which ultimately increase the bottom line of a company,” informs Mr Suri.

Current trends
As water scarcity is a big problem today, situation in India is also not good as lifestyle changes put more stress on the water resources. Indian government is very serious about water conservations and now it is promoting and implementing suitable programmes. Due to this, several multinational companies have ventured in India to grab these opportunities. The industry has immense potential and at the same time has cut throat competition. 

“While procuring water treatment solutions for water treatment, customers also should consider some points,” says Mr Suri. “First of all their requirement must be fulfilled by the technology they are buying which should be cost-effective as well and most important is after sales service.”