Reuse of treated wastewater in Mumbai (India)

While numerous studies have been conducted to evaluate the case city of Mumbai’s challenges related to urbanisation, water scarcity and pollution, environmental implications, and impacts on tourism, there is still a need for improvement in the regions’ wastewater treatment, especially attached to the hotels, which are responsible for 18% of the city’s share in sanitation. The research and study are aimed to understand the sanitation and wastewater treatment processes, re-use practises and strategies and challenges in the context of commercial sector in the city of Mumbai. For the sake of the study, the scope of the study was limited to million plus cities and commercial sector with an emphasis on hospitality sector, to tackle the transit accommodations of Mumbai. The existing and identified gaps in the resources were examined, from the collected data, from which we focus over proposing the strategies for the issues identified after incorporating the learnings form case studies and interviews to strengthen the implementation of policy environment related to the wastewater management. Stemming from State Water management and re-use policies to monitoring frameworks in place, multiple institutional regulation is worked upon. Additionally, the support of the private sector and their corporate social responsibilities are explored