Water usage
Manipal Academy of Higher Education has been a leader in promoting Environmental Sustainability and has been recognized by multiple agencies.
- Golden peacock environmental management award for 2012, 2013, 2014 -MAHE.
- Third most clean campus in India & Most clean campus in the southwest region–Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal by AICTE clean campus award 2017.
- Green Apple International silver award, for environmental best practices -2018 & Green World Award 2019 –Gold -MAHE.
- Ranked No 1 in India and 125th in the world -2019 -MAHE by the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking.
- APHI Health care excellence award 2019 – Kasturba Hospital, Manipal- for Green Hospitals.
Water from source 2020-2021 : 1406339 CUM
For the management of water resources, MAHE scrupulously adheres to the 3 R’s: Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse.
MAHE works within the framework of the Energy & Environment Policy and considers the environment as a ‘living’ entity that we sustain and protect even as we go about our daily activities. As an extension to this, MAHE has created several measures to revitalize the water sources.
Rooftop Rainwater harvesting is done on the hostel blocks. And Groundwater is recharged using percolation pits.
An artificial pond is created with an area of 3.35 acres with a water capacity of 8 million liters for groundwater recharge.
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