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The Central Pollution Control Board issued a circular on 08th February, 2024 pertaining to the Draft ‘Guideline for reuse of treated sewage in reference to the item of Circular Economy.’ The Draft Guideline has been drafted on the consideration over the significant gap of demand and availability of water and that has resulted in environmental im

India is witnessing high pressure on its limited freshwater resources. As per India's Composite Water Management Index, about 70 per cent of the country's water supply is contaminated (NITI Aayog 2019). Thus, both the quantity of freshwater available and its quality are of concern.

Sanitation and wastewater treatment are key elements for global human health and aquatic biodiversity. Scenarios showed an improvement of sanitation but unimproved sanitation will not disappear before 2070. Wastewater treatment will also improve but not in all regions of the world.

In many low- and middle-income countries, sewage sludge generated from wastewater treatment systems has potential environmental and health hazards.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajesh Pareek Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 05/10/2023.

Wastewater is a growing health and environmental threat, accounting for almost as many planet warming emissions as the aviation industry.

Joint committee inspection report consolidated of four district's (Ujjain, Dewas, Ratlam and Indore) in the matter of Original Application No 25/2023 (Sachin Dave Vs Union of India & Others).

The joint committee report was in response to the NGT, Central Bench, Bhopal order, April 20, 2023 and July 13, 2023.

This Compendium of Best Practices is a repository of unique and effective water management strategies applied nationally as well as internationally.

Six monthly progress report on solid waste and liquid waste management of Manipur state in compliance with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, December 12, 2022.

A team of officers from Department of Tribal Affairs & Hills and Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Urban Development, PHED and officials from Directorate of Environment and Climate Change have visited at Indore City for exposure of success story on waste management. Now, the team is preparing an integrated action plan for waste management in urban, rural and hill areas.

This document highlights the scope of reuse of treated wastewater for urban/peri-urban agriculture, its challenges and the way forward. The potential of reusable treated wastewater keeps on increasing as the urban centers grow out to accommodate the fast pace of urbanization.

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