SURAT: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is now thinking of producing electricity from waste water. SMC drainage department officials said, "Production of energy from drain water is viable."

SMC is the first civic body to set up wind mills to produce electricity. Besides, it had also installed solar energy panels atop its vital installations for energy production.

At present, Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is running a demonstration project on this. "In Vadodara, the waste water flows from a height with force. We are waiting its results," said EH Pathan, executive engineer, drainage.

Majority of the drain water in Surat is disposed of into the creeks. Here the force of the water is good but it does not have the height to fall from."It is possible to place turbines at the outlets or disposal points and generate about 60 KW of electricity," Pathan said.

SMC plans to substitute 25 per cent of conventional energy with unconventional means in three years time and go green.