General Instructions

Applicants seeking to establish an industrial unit and in possession/allotted at least 25% of the requisite land can apply for Obtaining Water Connection for construction/operation/ miscellaneous purposes from the Department of Water Resources, Govt. of Odisha. The Department shall, after examining the requirements and comparing it with available benchmarks, recommend for issuing the connection.

Prior to applying to this service, if the applicant has applied for PEAL, the first section of the Approval of plan and permission to construct/extend/or take into use any building as a factory under the Factories Act, 1948 will get auto-populated from the PEAL form. Applicant who did not fill the PEAL form, will have to fill all the fields.

Fields marked with ‘*’ are mandatory and should be filled in before submitting the form on the single window portal. Leaving fields blank in the Form is not allowed. In case applicants wish not to enter data in a field, they can put “NA” if it is a text/description field or a “0”, if it is a numeric field. In case of errors, the form will show an error message. The applicant may correct the data and save the form again.

Some of the fields can accept multiple values. If the applicant wishes to furnish more than one item, he may use the “+” button to add more rows. Similarly, if he wishes to remove a row, he may use “x” button.

Applicants can attach documents in digital format as documentary evidences which the department will use for verification. Clicking on the choose button will let them select the document to be uploaded. Before submitting the document, they needs to ensure that all the information furnished by them is satisfactory and correct to the best of their knowledge and understanding. After checking that the information furnished in all the fields are in order, they can submit the application by clicking on the ‘Submit’ button.

After the form is successfully submitted, applicants can pay the required fees either online or offline. The fees required to be paid is as follows:

If the applicant wishes to pay offline, he may choose the ‘Over the Counter’ option on the Cyber Treasury payment gateway. A challan with the account details of the department will then be generated. The applicant will take the hard copy of the challan to the nearest branch of the bank selected and deposit the amount either by Cash, or by means of Demand Draft. Once the fee is processed by the bank, the bank will send a transaction ID via SMS, which then will have to be entered on the Cyber Treasury portal to complete the application process.

Upon payment the applicant will receive an SMS & Email notification with the application number from the single window portal.

Checklist of Documents

The applicant will need to attach the following documents with the application:

1. Detailed Map/Drawing of Intake Location
2. Detailed Map/Drawing of Industry Location
3. Proof of MOU map-signed with the Government / Single window approval
4. Recommendation Letter from the Govt./Single Window Committee
5. Certificate from Competent Authority/Concerned Department of Govt. for Requisition of Water
6. Note on calculation of quantity of water required from Competent Authority/Concerned Department of Govt.
7. Layout of water drawal mechanism
8. Details of proposed water recycling systems (if applicable)
9. Details of waste water generated at site (if applicable)
10. Details about Quantity of effluent/method of disposal (if applicable)
11. Scheme of drawal of water
12. Lean period Water Management plan
13. NOC from Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA)
14. Letter of Undertaking Letter of undertaking format

Timeline

Water Connection application is processed and disposed within six months from the date of receipt of application. The department can however, raise queries on the application within 7 working days of receipt of application.

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