Club News
With freshwater usage by golf courses a potentially huge threat to the future of the game in India, the Pune GC joins the list of many clubs across the country to initiate 100% self sufficiency by constructing a Sewage Treatment Plant with a capacity to clean 1 million litres per day . The club will process raw sewage from the Municipal wastewater pipeline using the Tiger Biofilter system, a vermifiltration based technology, to be commissioned in January 2022.
The plant is situated in the left corner of the dogleg on hole no. 7th, so the course has temporarily changed it to a par 4, and will revert to par 5 after the plant is functional. The plant will fulfill 100% of requirement of water for the course.
Pune GC also completed a new clubhouse last year and are making strides towards sustainability which has become a major movement across the global game and a key area of emphasis of the world’s governing bodies including the R&A of St Andrews.
For more on the R&A’s sustainability guidelines click here: Sustainability – The R&A ‘s Guide to Sustainability in Golf (randa.org).