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WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

Improper Weak Policy
Disposal Current legislation and

A lack of community enforcement are often
awareness about the impact insufficient to penalise
of improper waste disposal is polluters and ensure
a significant problem. Many compliance with water quality
individuals also dispose standards. Further, a lack of
of household chemicals, cross-sector collaboration
pesticides and motor oils between environmental,
down drains and use toilets health and government sectors
as garbage bins, which hinders the development of
introduces harmful pollutants integrated solutions.
into the water system. Management

Create Needed A comprehensive, multi-
Awareness Governments must pronged approach that

Promoting community implement and strictly includes infrastructure,
enforce regulations that
awareness is vital. The public penalize polluters and policy and community
must be educated on the ensure compliance. It may
impact of improper waste be necessary to separate this action is the only way to
disposal on water bodies and wastewater department and solve India’s wastewater
the importance of proper control it centrally to ensure crisis.
disposal methods. Individuals greater effectiveness. Fostering
should be encouraged partnerships between different — Praadip Barkale
to minimize the use of sectors is also crucial for
household chemicals and to developing integrated solutions
dispose of all waste properly for sanitation and water
in bins. Additionally, adopting management. Additionally,
water conservation practices improving the management of
can help reduce the volume of stormwater and urban runoff is
wastewater that needs to be essential to prevent pollutants SCAN / CLICK HERE TO
treated. from entering water bodies. ASK THE EXPERT

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