Water availability per capita in India is reaching critical levels, and with a much faster pace of urbanisation expected in the coming decades, treatment of waste water for returning to rivers and reuse in industry assumes great importance. Navi Mumbai has shown the way. Today the population of Navi Mumbai stands at 1.2 million, and is expected to double by 2031.

Ranesh Nair, Isher J Ahluwalia

: Water availability per capita in India is reaching critical levels, and with a much faster pace of urbanisation expected in the coming decades, treatment of waste water for returning to rivers and reuse in industry assumes great importance. Navi Mumbai has shown the way.

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