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Report on Managing Waste 2024
December 31 , 2024
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- The report “Waste to Worth: Managing India’s Urban Water Crisis through Wastewater Reuse” was released jointly by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
- India currently treats only 28 per cent of the 72,000 million litres of wastewater generated daily.
- The Ministry of Jal Shakti mandates that cities recycle at least 20 per cent of the water they consume.
- Uttar Pradesh leads in untreated wastewater volumes, followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Haryana.
- However, several states have implemented progressive policies.
- Tamil Nadu has prioritised industrial and urban greening applications.
- Cities such as Nagpur, Bengaluru and Chennai offer successful examples of the wastewater reuse.
- Nagpur supplies the treated wastewater to power plants, reducing the freshwater consumption.
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