Excreta Matters

Bhubaneswar lacks any sewage treatment

Odisha’s capital of Bhubaneshwar lacks any sewage treatment system, and ends up polluting its adjoining rivers, lakes and ground water, says the report of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) called Excreta Matters. This is serious since between 19 and 30 per cent of the city’s population depends on groundwater for domestic use.

Pune has a surplus of water and sewage, polluting its rivers

Pune has an abundance of water from the Khadakwasla dam but its intra-city distribution is extremely uneven. Some areas get as much as 600 litres per capita per day (lpcd) while others get barely 100. This results in enormous quantities of waste water and sewage and despite having an installed capacity to treat 599 million litres a day (MLD) of sewage, its two main rivers, the Mula and Mutha, remain severely polluted.

Patna drinks its own sewage, says urban water-wastewater study done by CSE

Patna, May 25, 2012: Patna suffers from a problem of plenty – of water and sewage. It depends on the Ganga and groundwater for drinking.

Patna drinks its own sewage

CSE's 7th State of India Environment Report, Excreta Matters, was released, debated and discussed in Patna at seminar held at A N College on May 25, 2012. The meet was attended by 90 people, including Prem Kumar, Minister of Urban Development, Government of Bihar, along with senior officials of the Bihar Urban Development Corporation, Bihar Jal Parishad, PHED and State Pollution Control Board. Civil society representatives and concerned citizens too were present.

Sewage treatment a huge challenge in Thiruvananthapuram

The 7th State of India's Environment report, Excreta Matters, was released in Thiruvananthapuram on 11th of May 2012 at the 49th annual conference of the Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad at the Government Higher Secondary School, Manakkad. Sunita Narain, director general of the Centre for Science and Environment was invited to inaugurate the conference, and the first copy of the two-volume report was given to former Forest Minister Benoy Viswom.

CSE rebuttal to HUDA statement in the Hindustan Times (Gurgaon edition)

Last week the Hindustan Times ('Huda picks holes in CSE sewage report' dated 03.05.2012) quoted a HUDA chief engineer in Panchkula as saying that most figures in CSE's report pertaining to Gurgaon were factually incorrect. The only correction issued by the anonymous official was that the 2021 water requirement would be 918.75 million litres per day (MLD), through its two dedicated canals — Gurgaon Water Supply Channel and NCR canal.

Agra is growing, but for how long?

Excreta Matters

CSE's 7th State of India Environment Report, Excreta Matters, was released, debated and discussed in Agra at seminar held at the Karyakaari sabha kaksh (Agra Nagar Nigam) on May 5, 2012. The meet was attended by 50 people, including the Agra District Collector Ajay Chauhan, Member of Parliament from Agra Ram Shankar, the general managers of the Uttar Pradesh Jal Sansthan and UP Jal Nigam, the regional officer of UP Pollution Control Board, as well as civil society representatives and concerned citizens.

Map

THE HIMALYAS
• DEHRADUN • JAMMU • MUSSOORIE • NAINITAL • SRINAGAR • UTTARKASHI

INDO GANGETIC PLAINS
AGRA • ALLAHABAD • AMRITSAR • BATHINDA • DELHI
• FARIDABAD • GURGAON • KANPUR • LUCKNOW • MATHURA
• MEERUT • PATNA • YAMUNA NAGAR • PUNJAB'S

EASTERN HIGHLANDS
• DHANBAD • HAZARIBAGH • RANCHI

THE NORTH EAST
• AIZAWL • GUWAHATI • SILIGURI

THE DESERT
• ALWAR • BHILWARA • JAIPUR • JODHPUR
• UDAIPUR

CENTRAL HIGLAND
• BHOPAL • DEWAS • GWALIOR • INDORE
• JABALPUR • JHANSI • NAGPUR • RAJKOT
• UJJAIN • VADODARA

THE DECCAN
• AURANGABAD • BENGALURU • BARAMATHI
• HUBLI-DHARWAD • HYDERABAD • PUNE
• SOLAPUR • TUMKUR

COASTAL CITES
• BHUBANESWAR • CHENNAI
• CUTTACK • KOLKATA • KOZHIKODE • MUMBAI
• SRIKAKULAM • SURAT • THANE
• THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Excreta Matters

Volume 1 dwells on how urban India is soaking up water, polluting rivers and drowning in its own waste (296 pages).

Volume 2 contains a very detailed survey of 71 cities, and presents an assimilation of the survey's results (496 pages).

Recommendations to Shri Prem Kumar, Hon'ble Minister for Urban Development, Government of Bihar

Lok Sabha Question on Excreta Matters

Presentation: Citizens’ Report on the state of India's Environment
By: Sunita Narain

Statistics:71-city data of water and sewage.

EXCRETA MATTERS: 7th State of India's Environment report

Kolkata, September 1, 2012

Hyderabad: July 25, 2012

Meerut: July 20, 2012

 

To get involved contact:
Bharat Lal Seth (Deputy programme manager) Email: bharat@cseindia.org

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