That is how precious this commodity is going to become. There is urgent need to isolate the quality water for consumption and bathing from the general-purpose water used for all our other activities. There is a need to monitor our wastewater ways. We use water to wash all the solid waste from the community. It is not a feasible proposition to use the water to solely flush out the solid wastes.
Alternatives have to be developed to tackle it, instead of moving the wastes over distances.
In the past our town planners had made provisions for a variety of water bodies in the towns. The inflow for their storage used to come from storm drains which emptied all their rain harvested water into these ponds which were artistically designed with stone slabs and steps where it was the common place to squat, and bathe. Many of them were built near religious places so that the scavengers, like fish and turtles, were safe from the poachers and the ponds sported water lilies and lotus plants which apart from giving an aesthetic appeal, supported the animals in the water. Once a year they used to have an annual festival with a float, illumination and moonlight extravaganza around the pool and this ensured their annual maintenance. The whole thing was extremely well thought out and we lived in harmony with nature.