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Madhumitha Viswanath ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: With an eye to protect groundwater sources, the Sipcot Industries in collaboration with IIT-Madras and Metro Water is putting up a water sustainability plan for 15 years. Sixty-odd companies in the layout were asked to primarily use only treated water sent from Metro Water’s TTRO plant at Koyambedu. We want to first make Sipcot water neutral and slowly into a water positive entity. From the first week of October, around 13 MLD of treated water was sent to the estate from the 45 MLD TTRO plant. Moreover, if the government wants all industries to use only treated water they need ample time to build the infrastructure to transport the water inside, manufacturers said..