Clarification
Water Corporation of Odisha (WATCO)
An ISO certified, Govt. of Odisha owned, not-for-profit company under its Housing & Urban Development Department, formed in November 2015 under the Companies Act, 2013 and became fully operational in June 2018.
WATCO started its journey with only 3 nos. of ULBs in 2019 and by March 2023, it is operational in 29 ULBs so far covering more than 65 percent of total urban population of the state towards drinking water supply and sewerage management including the major cities like State Capital Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Berhampur, Sambalpur, Rourkela etc. The aim is to cover all 115 ULBs of the state in a phased manner.
Areas of Service
A transformative initiative, the Drink from Tap Mission is a step in the direction of Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik's dream of making Jagannath Dham Puri a world class heritage city
- Drink from Tap Quality Piped Water at Each Household
- Round the Clock Drinking Water Supply
- 100% Metered Connections
Smart Water Management
Real Time Surveillance
towards Quality Water Supply
Lab on Wheels
Water Quality Ensured
Anytime Anywhere
Quick Response Team
Exclusive Mobile Crews
for Incident Management
The Journey
Notification
Event
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WATCO observed ‘World Water Day 2023’
27 March 2023 -
Hon’ble CM dedicated Drink from Tap Mission in 19 ULBs and launched the Mission in 3 ULBs .
21 December 2022 -
WATCO has signed contract with Transgender SHG for O & M of Pratapnagari WTP, Cuttack
16 December 2022 -
WATCO observed ‘World Water Day 2022’
22 March 2022
Jal Sathi
- Partnering with Mission Shakti SHGs in water supply management
- Community led water distribution at Ward level
- Bridge between customers and WATCO
- Incentive based partnership with women SHGs
Roles & Responsibilities
- Facilitating new connections
- Reading water meters, distributing water bills and
- collecting user charges
- Field water quality testing
- Support in consumer complaint redressal
- Sensitizing people on water conservation
Smart Water Management
- Real time surveillance to ensure quality water supply at every home
- Real time data analysis and decision making for uninterrupted water supply
- Data capture for preventive maintenance of water supply assets
- Reduction of Non Revenue Water (NRW) through leakage detection and control
- Efficient incidence management and quick resolution of problems
- Effective customer complaint redressal for enhanced customer satisfaction
- Mobile responsive real time flow, pressure & quality monitoring of water
- GIS based assets & consumer mapping and real time dashboard
Impacts & Benefits
- Issue detection & resolution time reduced from few days to few minutes
- Transparent, cost-effective and user-friendly system
- On the spot automated testing and chemical dosing compared to manual practice
- Real time water quality monitoring without human intervention
- Automated pump and pressure control compared to manual operation
Lab on Wheels
The mobile Water Testing Laboratory, popularly known as ‘Lab on Wheels’ have been deployed to ensure onsite water quality testing, surveillance and monitoring with testing of 16 quality parameters. This is tested at consumer’s doorstep on call. The services are now available at Bhubaneswar, Puri and Cuttack cities.
The quality parameters tested are
- Odour
- Taste
- Colour Pt-Co Unit
- pH
- Conductivity (µs/cm)
- Turbidity (NTU)
- Ammonia as N mg/l
- Iron as Fe mg/l
- Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 mg/l
- Total Hardness as CaCO3 mg/l
- Calcium Hardness as CaCO3 mg/l
- Free Residual Chlorine (mg/l)
- Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l)
- Nitrate as NO3 mg/l
- Fluoride as F mg/l
- Chloramines.
Quick Response Team
At your service anytime anywhere
Exclusive mobile crews controlled from the Centralized Command and Control System have been deployed
Provided with dedicated vehicle & equipment for immediate response to leakages and supply related incident management
Odisha Water Academy
Odisha Water Academy (OWA), a Centre of Excellence established under Water Corporation of Odisha (WATCO), Housing & Urban Development Dept, Govt. of Odisha, is committed to offer high quality practitioners-focused training solutions and exposure visits for diverse stakeholders in the field of water and wastewater sector through self-financing mode.
The aim is to impart state-of-the-art, innovative training and capacity building for the personnel working in water and waste water utility/ business in the state or beyond, in such a manner that the utility/ business becomes capable of providing safe, reliable, satisfactory and sustainable water, wastewater & related services to the individuals and communities, enhancing their basic health and hygiene levels, socio-economic development and quality of life.
Visit: owa.co.in
