Reuse of Treated Wastewater in India - Market Potential and Recommendations

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Reuse of Treated Wastewater in India - Market Potential and Recommendations

27 Mar 2023

the reuse of treated wastewater in terms of the key enablers, drivers, and barriers Given the exponential amount of wastewater generated in the country, India has immense potential to meet • Compilation of recommendations for strengthening the growing water demand across different sectors the existing governance on the reuse of TWW in India Figure ES1 1.38 Mha area could have been irrigated using. [...] For this purpose, we availability of TWW for various sectors (agriculture, estimated the following: industry, and energy generation) in India; assess the • The economic value of treated wastewater (TWW) in economic and market potential of reusing treated terms of revenue that can be generated from its use in wastewater in the agriculture sector, which is a major the irrigation of the estimated lan. [...] By providing the option of TWW, the and market potential of the reuse of treated water in the negative risks associated with using raw wastewater in irrigation sector, which accounts for a majority of the irrigation – such as soil contamination and potential water demand in India. [...] JUDICO consists of a cell that is responsible of the private sector in the management of wastewater for the formulation of project guidelines and M and E of treatment and reuse infrastructure. [...] scarcity among the citizens led the national government Hence, the local authorities end up covering all the to prioritise the water security agenda, and one of the costs involved in the treatment and conveyance of TWW options was to adopt the reuse of reclaimed water.
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