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Wastewater to Water Wealth: How

Namami Gange is Driving India's

Circular Water Economy

Amid the growing demand for to promote the reuse of treated Demonstrating Success

water in the country and water in industries, thermal through Industrial Reuse
increasing pressure on power plants, agriculture and One of the most successful
freshwater resources, the Safe other non-potable examples of wastewater reuse
Reuse of Treated Water applications. under the Namami Gange

(SRTW), an initiative under Programme is the 30 MLD
Policy Framework Taking
the Namami Gange Bingawan Sewage Treatment
Shape
Programme, is emerging as a Plant in Kanpur. Developed
A signicant milestone has
national priority. Aimed at under the Hybrid Annuity
been achieved with
ensuring water security, Model (HAM), the plant has
Uttarakhand notifying its Safe
reducing pollution loads in
Reuse of Treated Water Policy. been operational since June
rivers and strengthening 2023 and employs advanced
The policy provides a
urban water management, the
structured regulatory Sequential Batch Reactor
SRTW framework is being (SBR) technology for efcient
framework promoting the use
institutionalised across states
treatment within a compact
of treated wastewater for non-
and cities as a key reform
footprint.
towards sustainable potable purposes such as
The plant consistently treats
development and industrial processes,
approximately 30 million litres
environmental balance. construction activities,
of sewage every day, producing
The initiative has received a irrigation of parks and green
treated water that complies
major impetus under the spaces, ushing and other
with prescribed quality
guidance of Hon’ble Minister municipal applications. It
standards. Besides
for Jal Shakti Shri C.R. clearly denes the
signicantly reducing
Paatil, who has been regularly responsibilities of government
pollution entering the Pandu
reviewing its progress in the departments, urban local
River and ultimately the
Empowered Task Force bodies and industries to
Ganga, the treated water
meetings of the Namami
ensure effective
supports downstream
Gange Programme. Guided by
implementation.
agricultural use.
this vision, a
Meanwhile, similar policies for
multidimensional approach An even more signicant
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West achievement is the integration
has been adopted,
Bengal have reached the nal of treated wastewater into
encompassing policy
stage of notication, paving industrial operations. The
alignment at the national and
the way for a uniform nearby Panki Thermal Power
state levels, development of
approach to treated water Plant utilizes 40 MLD of
City-Level Reuse Action Plans,
reuse across the Ganga basin. treated water, substantially
and sector-specic strategies

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