The State Government of Haryana in its Notification dated 30th October 2019, has published a policy on reuse of treated waste water for non-potable purposes to avoid further damage to water bodies and the environment.
The policy envisages maximizing the collection and treatment of sewage generated and reusing the TREATED WASTE WATER(TWW) on a sustainable basis, thereby reducing dependency on fresh water resources and to promote TREATED WASTE WATER as an economic resource.
Key Highlights from the policy
- The objectives of the policy include to attain a minimum coverage of 80 % of the area with sewerage facilities and collection of sewage in all the towns of the state and to attain a level of 100 % treatment of collected sewage as per prescribed standards.
- The infrastructure to be constructed/ strengthened in the future shall inter-alia cover the following: (a) Extend/strengthen the sewerage network, in a phased manner. (b) Increase the existing capacity of the Sewage Treatment Plant(STP)s and to construct new STPs which at present do not have sewage treatment facilities.
- Industrial establishments shall collect domestic wastewater generated within their premises and reuse it for appropriate non-potable applications. Special guidelines are given for construction companies, thermal plants Etc. However, the industrial effluent shall be collected and treated separately and disposed as per prevailing standards prescribed by CPCB/HSPCB. HSPCB will ensure installation of online analyzers in industrial unit when treated sewage is being discharged. Similarly, online analyzers shall also be installed on all STPs/CETPs.
- All the industrial units throughout the state who are consuming more than 1000 KLD of water including industrial clusters shall apply on a central portal indicating their water requirement. Such units which are situated within a 5.00 km radius of the STP or city limits shall compulsorily use TWW.
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