A Case Study of Water Audit in Padmashri Vikhe Patil College, Pravaranagar, Tal-Rahata, Dist-Ahmednagar (MS)

Water audit is an important part environmental audit which is carried with the inspection and observation of work directed inside the organizations whose movement can make risk to the health of inhabitants and environment. The National assessment and accreditation council (NAAC) take a genuine note of this aspect while assessing the educational institute. Water audit is performed in the college with various phases of water such as sources, supply, utilization, disposal etc. On location perception and talk with the most authorized and issue related staff was taken up to get the information. Bore wells and canal beside the village satisfy the all necessities of institute while prerequisite of staff colonies is fulfill by grampanchayat supply.

            Institutional water is consumed by the laboratories (20-25%), Gardens (30-35%), Bathrooms (15-20%), boys hostel (15-20%), girls hostel (25-30%), drinking water (40-45%) and sports ground and other (5-10%). The seepage in the old construction, reutilization of water and unavailability of rain water harvesting are the destinations of change in institute. Concluded that, institute has own and necessity based source and supply of water then again locales of improvement was likewise observed.