Water and Wastewater Management
- Water resources in urban areas of India are significantly stressed due to high water demand and complex consumption patterns within small but densely populated areas and local level solutions are essential for sustainable water management. Around 80% of the water supply flows back into the ecosystem as wastewater which is a critical environmental and health hazard. Proper treatment, management and reuse of wastewater will help cities in reducing their local water demand.
- CapaCITIES project is supporting city climate action in the Water and Wastewater management:
- Supported scientific assessments for effective waste water management in Udaipur and for choosing the right technology to treat waste water entering the Singanallur lake areas in Coimbatore.
- Technical assistance provided to Rajkot to understand potential in water augmentation and ground water recharge systems and in reuse of treated wastewater
- Supported installation of Ground Water Recharge Systems at 5 locations in Rajkot as pilot demonstrations for city to scale-up
- Supported Siliguri in reducing their Non-Revenue Water (NRW) by providing two water leak detection machines
