8Off-campus water conservation
UPES students restore water sources, bring safe water to villages and clean rivers around Dehradun.
Impact
UPES students protect and restore water sources beyond the campus.
5river clean-up drives under Project Naraini
2villages, Dhalani and Koti, supported as model villages
- Wells and ponds have been restored under the Jal Jeevan Mission with a local NGO.
- Village households gained water filters after a community water-needs assessment.
Protecting water beyond the campus
- Restoring water sources. Srijan interns working with Bhawana Sewa Sansthan helped restore wells and ponds under the Jal Jeevan Mission. Source: Srijan Social Internship.
- Water for villages. Srijan interns working with Urvita assessed community water needs and helped install water filters.
Source: Srijan Social Internship. - River clean-ups. Through Project Naraini, the student group GS3 has run five river-cleaning drives in Dehradun.
- Model villages. Project Swachhata keeps the community areas next to the campus clean through sustained cleaning drives under the Clean India mission, and Project Utthan aims to turn the villages of Dhalani and Koti into model smart villages, with a focus on health, education and livelihoods. Source: Project Utthan, Project Swachhta.
Source: Project Utthan.
This section covers the indicator on off-campus water conservation.
Links and sources
- Srijan Social Internship and GS3https://www.upes.ac.in/placements/srijan-social-internship
- Project Utthanhttps://www.upes.ac.in/social-impact/project-utthan
- Project Swachhtahttps://www.upes.ac.in/social-impact
Supporting documents
These documents support the evidence in this report.
- UPES water and waste management report (PDF). Evidence for water treatment plants and UV filtration, six bore wells, rainwater harvesting, reuse of treated water, five waste streams and authorised disposal.
- UPES campus water and green facilities report (PDF). Evidence for sewage treatment capacity, free drinking water, treated-water irrigation, native planting and the plastic-free campus.
- Become a Community Problem Solver, GIC Paundha (event report, 11 August 2026) (PDF). Evidence for the programme with 155 students in which water conservation was one of five community challenges.
- UPES Energy, Environment & Sustainability Policy, 2025 (PDF). Evidence for policy clauses 5.1.1, 5.2, 5.3.2 and 5.4 on water-efficient buildings, water reuse and preventing pollution.
- Sewage treatment plants at UPES. Evidence for the 650 KLD combined sewage treatment capacity, their treatment stages and the reuse of treated water.
- Borewells, rainwater harvesting and water reuse at UPES. Evidence for CGWA-compliant borewells, six metered rainwater harvesting pits, the 550 KLD wastewater plant and the Zero Water Discharge policy.
- Free drinking water and water-saving fittings at UPES. Evidence for free drinking water, six-monthly NABL testing and fittings that save more than 156 KL of water a year.
- Facilities and services for women students at UPES. Evidence for sanitary pad dispensers and health and hygiene support in women's hostels.
- The Roots of UPES: native and drought-tolerant trees on campus (PDF; full record, PDF). Evidence for 73 documented trees of 55 species, drought-tolerant species such as Shami, Neem, Date Palm, Triangle Palm and Spineless Yucca, and native trees.