Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India

Priyani H. Amerasinghe, Rajendra Mohan Bhardwaj, Christopher A. Scott, Kiran Jella and Fiona Marshall

No 147104, IWMI Reports from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: Urban wastewater management has become a challenge in India as infrastructural development and regulations have not kept pace with population growth and urbanization. Annually, more and more people are moving into cities, and the figures are expected to reach about 600 million by 2030 making India more peri-urban than rural. This study attempted to analyze the current status of wastewater generation, its uses and livelihood benefits especially in agriculture, based on national data and case studies from Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kanpur and Kolkata.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.147104

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