Very good news indeed: The Maharashtra government has made the reuse of toilet water mandatory, for cities.

The policy — sanctioned on November 1 — is to reuse the treated wastewater to cool thermal power plants, serve industrial estates, and other non-potable purposes.

In terms of numbers, that’s the reuse of at least 6,888 million litres of daily sewage generated across 71 urban agglomerates by 2020.

This is the first such organized effort in India.

Making wastewater reuse a ‘primary responsibility’ of the municipalities, the state cabinet directed all municipalities to draft an action plan within a year, and commission these plants within the next three years.

A 40 MLD treatment plant, being set up by the Navi Mumbai civic body, is slated to be the first such facility.

The Electrosteel Group applauds this move — as you probably know, we’ve been recycling waste water for many years. Why waste a valuable resource?

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