Lok Sabha Question No. 1292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Waste Water Treatment
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Mahendra Singh Solanky, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1292 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## Waste Water Treatment

## 1292. SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY: SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI: DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  India  in  the  year  2020-21  produced  72,368  MLD (million liters per day) wastewater, out of this our total installed capacity was able to treat only 26,869 MLD wastewater, i.e., 72 per cent of wastewater left untreated and got disposed of in rivers/lakes/ground water;

(b) if so, the details of the action taken by the Government on the promotion and adoption of sustainable urban water management solutions and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  also  planning  to  set  up  apex  bodies/national  level  programs/ uniform laws to manage wastewater treatment systems and to govern the untreated wastewater flowing into the water bodies; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) Public  health  and  sanitation  are  State  subjects  and  are  the  responsibility  of  the  State governments. At the Central Government level, matters relating to water supply and sanitation in urban areas come within the purview of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). As per the information received from MoHUA, NITI Aayog published a report titled 'URBAN WASTEWATER SCENARIO IN INDIA' in August 2022, wherein it has been assessed that India  generates  72,368  Million  Litres  per  Day  (MLD)  of  urban  wastewater  and  only  28%  is treated which implies that 72% of the wastewater remains untreated and maybe disposed of in rivers/lakes/groundwater.

(b)  to  (d)    As  per  MoHUA,  under  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation (AMRUT), total sewage treatment capacity of 6,340 MLD is being developed through AMRUT projects. Of which, 2,840 MLD sewage treatment capacity has been created.

Further,  Government  of  India  has  launched  AMRUT  2.0  on  1 st October,  2021  for  5 years  from  2021-22  to  2025-26.    AMRUT  2.0  is  designed  to  provide  universal  coverage  of water supply to all households through functional taps in all statutory towns and coverage of sewerage/septage  management  in  500  AMRUT  cities.    Making  the  cities  'water  secure'  and thereby enhancing ease of living of citizens is major objective of the Mission.

AMRUT  2.0  has  been  envisaged  to  promote  circular  economy  of  water  through development  of  city  water  balance  plan  for  each  city  focusing  on  recycle/reuse  of  treated sewage, rejuvenation of water bodies and water conservation. Under Sewerage component of the  AMRUT  2.0  for  500  AMRUT  cities,  tertiary  treatment  with  end-to-end  reuse  plan (preferably in Public Private Partnership mode); provision/ augmentation and rehabilitation of sewerage  systems  with  end-to-end  treatment  and  reuse;  tapping  of  used  water  for  recycling; identifying the bulk users of recycled used water and facilitating sale of used water to potential users  (e.g.  industrial  clusters  such  as  textile/  leather/  paper/  power  plants/  railways,  etc.)  are admissible components

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