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Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

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<strong>Revitalization</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> In <strong>India</strong><br />

<strong>Draft</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> Recommendation<br />

TABLE 12<br />

Objective <strong>of</strong> treatment<br />

Removal <strong>of</strong> Geogenic<br />

Substances<br />

Removal <strong>of</strong> Anthropogenic<br />

Substances<br />

Increase <strong>of</strong> the Shares <strong>of</strong><br />

Recycled Water<br />

Protection <strong>of</strong> Distributed<br />

Network<br />

Technical Suitability<br />

Primary targets <strong>of</strong> concrete measures<br />

Iron, manganese, turbidity, odour, taste, arsenic,<br />

nickel, fluoride<br />

Nitrate, organically bound carbon, bacteria, viruses and<br />

parasites, pesticides<br />

Swimm<strong>in</strong>g pools (fill<strong>in</strong>g water), Industry (food<br />

<strong>in</strong>dustry) Row water (bank filtration, groundwater<br />

recharge)<br />

Prevention <strong>of</strong> corrosion, Prevention <strong>of</strong> sedimentation,<br />

Prevention <strong>of</strong> bacterial growth<br />

S<strong>of</strong>ten<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g water, miscibility <strong>of</strong> different<br />

waters<br />

Table 12, derived from the 2007 article titled “Dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g water quality:<br />

Requirements claimed by National and International Standards” by Hartmut<br />

Bartel, (Bartel, 2007), although written <strong>in</strong> the context <strong>of</strong> raw water treatment to<br />

produce dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g water, is em<strong>in</strong>ently applicable to treated wastewater particularly<br />

when we want to consider its treatment, distribution and application for irrigation<br />

<strong>in</strong> organic farms.<br />

6. CHALLENGES OF TREATED WATER QUALITY MONITORING<br />

In the absence <strong>of</strong> fool pro<strong>of</strong> monitor<strong>in</strong>g and authenticity <strong>of</strong> water quality test<br />

reports, the performance <strong>of</strong> STPs and ETPs cannot really be ascerta<strong>in</strong>ed.<br />

Conventional Water Quality Test procedures are lengthy and most STPs/ ETPs<br />

ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> house laboratories are non-functional. The frequency <strong>of</strong> sampl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

is usually very low (varies from once <strong>in</strong> a week to once a month; rarely once <strong>in</strong> a<br />

day). Onl<strong>in</strong>e real time monitor<strong>in</strong>g sensors and systems available today are the way<br />

ahead.<br />

This needs to be coupled with effective <strong>in</strong>spection by regulatory agencies.<br />

Currently, lack <strong>of</strong> ethics among many pollution regulators renders the law<br />

enforcement weak.<br />

Annexures<br />

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