Overview
- Highlights the institutional, legal, and policy measures to manage water pollution in India
- Discusses the effectiveness of measures to improve the overall quality of surface and groundwater resources in India
- Reviews the status of wastewater generation, collection, and treatment in urban areas
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology (BRIEFSWATER)
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About this book
This book highlights the institutional, legal, and policy measures to manage water pollution in India, and discusses how effective they have been in improving the overall quality of the country’s surface and groundwater resources. It also reviews the status of wastewater generation, collection and treatment in urban areas to provide insights into the gaps in wastewater treatment. Further, it offers a detailed analysis of the wastewater treatment systems available and examines the human health impacts of water pollution in the country, as well as the future trajectory of investment in wastewater treatment systems and potential sectors for reuse and recycling of wastewater, briefly assessing the market demand for treated wastewater. Lastly, it investigates the factors influencing the environmental sustainability and economic viability of wastewater treatment as well as future areas of research in the field.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Dinesh Kumar received his B.Tech. in Civil Engineering in 1988, M.E. in Water Resources Management in 1991, and Ph.D. in Water Management in 2006. He has 28 years of experience in the field of water resources, and has been the Executive Director of the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad, since 2008. He has provided consultancy services to various international agencies, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, US AID, the Australian Council for International Agricultural Research, UNDP and UNICEF; and international consulting firms such as Deltares (Holland) and Sheladia Associates (US). He has 180 publications to his name, including six books, seven edited volumes, and numerous book chapters and journal articles. His research interests are in the areas of integrated water resources management in river basins; water use efficiency and water productivity in agriculture; global virtual water trade; methodology for assessing global water and foodsecurity challenges; climate risk in WASH; and socio-economic impacts of large water systems.
Dr Cecilia Tortajada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore. The main focus of her work is the impacts of global events on water resources and the environment. She is the author and editor of more than 40 books by major international publishers, and her work has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. She is an advisor to major international institutions like the FAO, UNDP, JICA, ADB, OECD, IDRC, and GIZ and has worked on water and natural resources and environment-related policies in countries in Africa, Asia, North and South America and Europe. She is a member of the OECD Initiative on Water Governance. She is also the Past President and an honorary member of the International Water Resources Association.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Assessing Wastewater Management in India
Authors: M. Dinesh Kumar, Cecilia Tortajada
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2396-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2395-3Published: 01 February 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2396-0Published: 31 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2194-7244
Series E-ISSN: 2194-7252
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 86
Topics: Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Environmental Management, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Sustainable Development