The vital lifeline is today contaminated and polluted like never before! Water and other natural resource conservation is a serious concern in the Bosch Environmental Management System.

Environmental protection is an integral part of our business strategy and plays a significant role in stimulating and guiding product innovations. Pollution control measures practiced at Motor Industries Co. include –

• Automated effluent treatment plants
• Prevention of soil and ground water contamination
• Minimized usage of hazardous chemicals

Water treatment
Although not a water intensive industry, water conservation at Motor Industries is one of the major concern areas. Technologies like Extended Aeration, Reverse Osmosis and Ion Exchange processes are employed for treatment and reuse of domestic and process waste water. This has resulted in 40% reduction of fresh water usage.

Treated effluent
Daily about 800,000 litres of treated effluent is being reused for various secondary purposes like gardening and toilet flushing. Also, a portion of the treated effluent is reused back into the process.

More than 10,000 trees of different species, in addition to a garden of medicinal plants are nurtured with treated effluent. This water recycling measure has helped in reducing fresh water consumption in the company and also resulted in considerable savings on the cost of water. Water costs money, and conserving water means saving money!

Rain water harvesting
Rain water harvesting practices at our Jaipur Plant (Jaipur receives less than 300 mm of rainfall annually) have given excellent results. The entire rain water runoff from the premises is recharged into the ground, thereby improving the quality and quantity of available ground water. In the last three years alone, more than 12 Mio. litres of rain water has been recharged in to the ground.