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“When the visitors taste the treated water from the plant, they understand how they don’t need to visit Singapore for replicating this model,” said Vasi. Secondly, the price fixed for recycled waste water for industry is cheaper than the price SMC charged from industries for fresh water. The plant was set up with Rs 85 crore.Anand Vashi, director of Enviro Control Associates, which runs the plant, said the water quality is perfect for drinking. “This plant was set up on public private partnership (PPP) after taking the Pandesara industrial estate on board that they would buy the treated water and they pay the charges regularly. NEW DELHI: Delhi can learn from the success story of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), which has been converting 57 million litres of sewage into 40 million litres of potable drinking water daily for the past four years..