TÜV SÜD, a testing and certification major, will be one of the key partners of the German Water Partnership (GWP) in India to provide consultancy services in water quality control, quality assurance and efficiency improvement to industries and municipal corporations. The German Water Partnership is a joint initiative between German private and public sectors, which aims to make German engineering easily available to water intensive industries and local governments across the world.
TÜV SÜD is an expert and globally renowned name in water efficiency and sustainability consulting. TÜV SÜD now plans to partner with industries and state governments across India and assist them in upgrading the quality and efficiency of raw water usage and waste water management. According to a press release, the company has already commenced work with a few municipality projects in Uttrakhand and Andhra Pradesh to help them with consultancy for quality assurance and inspection of water pipelines and effective distribution though efficient usage of energy. In the private sector, TUV SUD is already involved with many manufacturers in the cement and paper sectors for water efficiency audit and water footprint mapping.