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

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
expand on the existing surface open sewer network (in lieu of setting
up underground sewage networks). Technical design and methodology
for this possibility is available with Life Link Eco-technologies Pvt.
Ltd.
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
Promote Decentralised Wastewater Treatment and reuse for those
areas not yet connected to the centralised sewage network.
Bacterial Bioremediation pilot project of INTACH on Assi river,
should be suitably adapted and implemented across many polluted
stretches of rivers across India. Floating wetland designs proposed by
various institutions such as INTACH, Vetiver Network International
and Life Link Eco Technologies Pvt. Ltd. must also be concurrently
implemented with such initiatives.Introduce system for Septage
Management. Actionable way forward has been suggested in the
“Policy Paper on Septage Management in India” (Centre for Science &
Environment, New Delhi, May 2011)
Review and revise Urban Water Management & Planning. The
Sustainable Cities Water Index (Arcadis, 2015) and the Case Studies
cited therein may be used as a reference and guidance point.
CPCB to set up mechanisms to ensure that ETPs are set as per
technical requirement of the effluent. A suggestive guideline is
indicated in Table 14, but a lot of detailing is required.
Awareness generation in communities for managing pollution and
usage of treated water for irrigation, by involving reputed on-field
NGOs if need be (such as Pani Foundation).
(b)
Medium-Term Goals:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Ensure compliance of all STPs / ETPs (including older STPs / ETPs) to
revised, more stringent norms.
Set up live online monitoring systems for STPs, building up on the
presently established ENVIS databases.
Privatise the Operation & Maintenance of all the centralised STPs, and
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