In a first-of-its-kind initiative by a city-based institute, Bandra’s R D National College has set up a wastewater treatment plant to treat water from all the science laboratories. The recycled water is then used in toilet flushes, for mopping the floor and watering plants in the garden. The college said that the main reason behind starting it was to minimise wastage of water as much as possible.

Work to set up the wastewater treatment plant started six months ago. It treats the water used in science laboratories and stores it in a tank on the ground floor. “Our desire is to conserve each drop of water, and hence, we are pioneering in the field of nature conservation, as the first college in Mumbai, with this water treatment plant,” said Dr Neha Jagtiani, principal of the college.