DWAS · Defensible Water Accounting System
We track water
like banks track money.
A managed service delivering a signed, audit-ready monthly Water Statement —
built from ISO 4064, ISO 17025 & OIML R49 measurements, reconciled to the litre, by the 7th.
Kritsnam · Trusted by 2,000+ enterprise facilities
Active facilities
Deployed across India · since 2015
Unaccounted water SLA — in writing
Data uptime — contractual
The moment of truth
If your water data is audited
to the same standard as
financial statements —
will it survive?
to produce these six things. The clock starts the moment the auditor sits down.
The auditor asks your team to
- Show 3 years of extraction history
- Produce calibration certificates for every meter
- Explain last month’s water-balance gap
- Submit signed monthly water statements
- Identify who owns the numbers
- Justify every missing reading
For most plants, this is the moment they discover their water accounting was never defensible. The net is widening: BRSR Core now mandates financial-grade assurance on water data for India's top 1,000 listed companies by FY26–27 — the identical standard applied to your financial accounts. DWAS prepares all six — extraction history, calibration, balance gaps, signed statements, ownership and audit trail — before the auditor arrives.
The core doctrine
Finance can close the books.
Most water systems cannot.
Every rupee a business spends is recorded, reconciled, summarised in a statement, and defended at audit.
Water remains one of the few enterprise resources consumed every day without the same discipline — leaving costs, disclosures, compliance obligations, and operational decisions dependent on numbers that are often difficult to defend.
DWAS applies the principles of accounting to water, creating a complete chain of custody from source to final discharge.
Financial accounting
Water accounting
The reality
Most enterprises monitor water.
Very few actually account for it.
Knowing what you paid is not the same as knowing where it went. Tick the questions you could answer with evidence — today.
The executive view
The cost of doing nothing.
Most of a plant's water risk never appears on a line item. Move the slider to your annual water spend and watch what stays hidden.
Hidden annual cost
Unbudgeted. Invisible. Recurring.
The hidden annual cost often exceeds the cost of accounting for it. The only question is whether it stays invisible — or becomes one fixed, defensible line item.
Where you stand today
The Water Accounting
Maturity Model.
Five levels separate a water bill from a defensible account. Most enterprises stop at level two or three. Regulators and investors are moving to level five.
- 01
Visibility
You know what you paid. No view of where the water actually went.
15%of enterprisesOrganizations relying on utility bills and estimates
- 02
Monitoring
You know what you measured — but the numbers are never reconciled.
50%of enterprisesMost enterprises with meters and dashboards
Data is collected.
Accountability is not. - 03
Reconciliation
You match sources to uses periodically. Balance gaps are understood, not hidden.
20%of enterprisesOperationally mature organizations
- 04
Accountability
Signed monthly statements, ownership assigned. Numbers can be defended internally and externally.
10%of enterprisesWell-governed facilities with defined ownership
- 05
Water Accounting
Every number signed, reconciled and audit-ready. Supporting governance, disclosures, compliance and decision-making month after month.
5%of enterprisesIndustry leaders and disclosure-ready enterprises
Where regulators &
investors are headed
What DWAS is
Your water, finally
accounted for.
A dedicated Water Accountant measures, reconciles and signs your water data every month — so your team can focus on running the plant.
Kritsnam owns
- Water-circuit mapping
- Meter uptime & replacement
- Calibration tracking & renewal
- Monthly closure by the 7th
- Written audit responses
- Continuous data reconciliation
Your plant team enables
- Site access for engineers
- Physical installation support
- Monthly statement review
- Sign-off by competent authority
- Timely service payment
- Nothing else — that is the point
How DWAS actually works
One pipeline, end to end.
From the first site walk to a signed audit defence — every step owned, every handoff accountable. This is the whole company in one line.
WISE Survey
Map the circuit
Dhaara Smart Pro
Measure, legal-grade
Water Receipt
Daily · audit-grade
Water Ledger
Continuous record
Water Statement
Closed by the 7th
Water Accountant
Signs the numbers
Audit Defence
On demand
Seven steps. One accountable owner. A number you can defend.
Monthly Water Book Closure
Water Statements.
Built from thousands of daily Water Receipts. Reconciled. Signed. Frozen. Audit-ready, on the 7th of every month.
What it tells you, at a glance
- Sources — every input metered at the point of extraction
- Uses — every consumption point reconciled, not estimated
- UFW — unaccounted-for water computed and frozen
- Closure date — books closed before the 7th, every month
- Sign-off — certified against ISO 17025 calibration
- Accountability — one named owner behind the numbers
One signed PDF. The deliverable behind every commitment we make — handed to any auditor, on demand.
Business outcomes
What accounting reveals.
Every engagement begins with a discovery — a loss, risk, cost, or opportunity that previous systems never revealed.
View all case studies →Water-cost reduction
Average · within 90 days
True cost of water
Exposed by full accounting
Payback period
At a 10% measured saving
Trusted across hospitals, airports, universities, manufacturing plants and commercial campuses — 2,000+ facilities in India.
CFO · Enterprise ManufacturingI can tell you exactly what we spend on water. I cannot tell you where it went. For any other line item this size, that would be unacceptable.
From the field
What water accounting
actually changes.
“Before DWAS, responding to a CGWA inspection meant three days of spreadsheet work with no guarantee we could defend the numbers. Our Water Accountant now prepares the full audit pack — calibration certificates, extraction history, signed statements — in under four hours.”
VP, Environment Health & Safety
Large-scale process manufacturing, Maharashtra
“Our plant was spending ₹3.2 crore on water annually. We had reasonable visibility — or so we thought. The DWAS assessment revealed a ₹38 lakh annual unmetered loss in our cooling circuit. DWAS paid for itself in the first six months.”
General Manager, Finance
Specialty chemicals, Gujarat
“CDP disclosure requires third-party verifiable water data. We had struggled for two years before DWAS. Within thirty days of go-live we had signed monthly statements and a continuous ledger. Our CDP score improved by a full band the following cycle.”
Head of Sustainability
FMCG, South India
How long does installation take?
A typical plant with 8–12 monitoring points goes live in 15–21 days. The process: site walk (day 1–2), meter installation and commissioning (day 3–14), first Water Receipt confirmed live (day 15). Your operations are not disrupted — we work on live pipelines with hot-tap installation where needed.
Does DWAS replace our existing SCADA or ERP?
No. DWAS sits alongside your existing systems. Our meters transmit via cellular (4G dual-SIM), not your plant network — so there is no IT infrastructure dependency. The Water Ledger and Statements are delivered as signed PDFs and structured data exports, which can be fed into your ERP independently.
What does the Water Accountant actually do every month?
Your dedicated Water Accountant: reconciles all meter readings against expected balances, investigates and documents any gaps, produces signed Water Receipts and the monthly Water Statement, maintains the calibration schedule, and drafts the audit response package — all before the 7th of every month. You review and sign off; they do everything else.
What happens if a meter goes offline?
Our 95% data-uptime SLA is contractual. If a meter goes offline, the Water Accountant flags it within 24 hours, documents the gap with an explanation in the Ledger, and dispatches a replacement or field engineer. Every gap is accounted for — never silently dropped. This is exactly what an auditor checks.
How is DWAS priced?
DWAS is priced as a monthly managed-service fee per plant — covering meter hardware, connectivity, reconciliation, the Water Statement, and your dedicated Water Accountant. Pricing scales with the number of monitoring points. We share a full itemised quote after the Water Accounting Assessment, which is conducted on a letter of intent before any contract.
Who is responsible if our water audit fails?
Kritsnam's Water Accountant prepares and signs the audit response package on your behalf. If a finding relates to our measurement, reconciliation, or documentation — we own the response. Our contractual commitment: every number in your Water Statement is defensible, with a full audit trail from meter to signed PDF.
Your next step
Start with a
Water Accounting Assessment.
We track your full water movement, identify your gaps, map your risks and show you exactly where you stand. Just on a letter-of-intent, before any contract.
You already account for every rupee.
It is time to account for every litre.
Water Accounting Assessment
We map your water circuit and reconciliation gaps, on a letter of intent.
Findings & proposal
Your gap report and itemised costing within 5 working days.
Go live in 30 days
Monthly closure begins; your dedicated Water Accountant is assigned.
Free consultation on BRSR Core reasonable assurance
Vinay Chataraju · Co-founder & CEO