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Decentralised/Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies

The centralised sewage treatment technologies have proven to be expensive, complex and are failing to cater to the total wastewater generated. The untreated/partially treated wastewater makes its way to the water body causing immense degradation of the ecosystem and the environmental health.

Need is for sustainable wastewater treatment technologies - to locally treat the sewage and also reuse/recycle. The decentralised sewage treatment can be both electro-mechanical system that have higher energy requirement or natural systems with less or no energy requirement.

CSE has reviewed and documented select case studies that present innovative, sustainable and affordable ways treating the sewage locally including reuse/recycle. The case studies comprise of the wastewater treatment systems which have been implemented at individual, community/cluster and at municipal level. The case studies documented discuss the principle, salient features, and performance indicators and provide details of individuals or agencies/institutions who have implemented the system

The cost comparison of the natural technologies listed under decentralised sustainable wastewater management practices has been presented in the table here..

Case studies

Decentralised wastewater treatment system Constructed Wetland - Wastewater Treatment system Soil Biotechnology for Wastewater Treatment Soil scape filter technology Ecosanitation : zero discharge toilets Biosanitiser / Eco chip technology Green Bridge technology Nualgi technology Bioremediation Traditional Wastewater Management

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DECENTRALISED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
RESEARCH
DOWN TO EARTH: ARTICLES

Plunging reservoir levels across India a worrying sign

April 15, 2016

Delhi, Haryana need not spar over Yamuna waters

Aug. 6, 2015

Ganga drowns in endless consultations

Nov. 26, 2015

A clear picture of Maharashtra's water distribution model

April 15, 2016

Maha-drought no worry for IPL

April 8, 2016

The 1.75-million-tonne question

April 15, 2016

Water stress

March 31, 2014

Pesticide residues in bottled water

Feb. 15, 2003

Can we save Ganga?

July 31, 2014

Sunset over Udaisagar

Feb. 15, 2015

Saving city lakes

March 15, 2015

Dry cleaning Hussainsagar

April 30, 2015

In Srinagar's footsteps?

Jan. 31, 2015

Real estate on water

June 30, 2002

Water woes in wet Kerala

May 31, 2004

Need vs greed

March 31, 2013

Hiware Bazar - A village with 54 millionaires

Jan. 31, 2008

Community management of ponds has been a success

May 31, 2015

'37% of natural springs, which contribute directly to the Ganga, are drying up'

Oct. 19, 2015

'Let's understand aquifers to

July 31, 2015

Rescuing the stepwells of Jodhpur

Oct. 21, 2015

Now, Hyderabad joins list of places suffering from severe water crisis

April 21, 2016

Supreme abuse

Nov. 25, 2015

One missed opportunity, 330 million drought-stricken Indians

April 20, 2016

Eye on irrigated pie

April 15, 2016

'The tragedy of irrigation in India is that we have created capacity but have not utilised it'

March 22, 2016

'India has highest number of people without access to safe water'

March 22, 2016

Karnataka government reveals sad state of Bengaluru lakes

Jan. 12, 2016

Urban flooding may increase if wetlands not protected, says CSE

March. 1, 2016

Why Chennai floods are a man-made disaster

Dec. 3, 2015

Art of gobbling up Yamuna floodplain

March 31, 2016

How to reinvent the sanitation wheel

April 30, 2016

Why excreta matters

Jan.31, 2012

How climate ready are we?

Nov. 15, 2010

Himalayan blunders

July 15, 2013

Water v industry: where is the question?

Feb. 15, 2011

What Namami Gange has achieved in year

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