Abraham, B. (2019, January 17). What Rest Of India Can Learn From Nagpur, First City To Recycle More Than 90% Of Sewage Water. Retrieved from https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/here-is-what-rest-of-india-can-learn-from-nagpur-which-will-be-first-city-to-recycle-more-than-90-per-cent-of-sewage-water-360561.html

Cities in India are at risk of experiencing a water crisis because groundwater levels are decreasing. With an increasing demand, the only answer to this problem is recycling and reusing sewage water that would otherwise go to waste. Nagpur is predicted to be the first city in India to recycle more than 90 percent of it’s ‘toilet water’. Recycling waste water could be distributed and used for gardening, toilet, and laundry services. Another city, Bengaluru generates approximately 1600 MLD sewage and only recycles 600 MLD, leaving about 80 percent to go to waste. This wastewater is then let out to other bodies of water, contaminating them.

This is another example that links a shortage of water to money. People of India have to act in the near future because if their freshwater is being contaminated by their wastewater and potable water isn’t being produced from the wastewater, where are people expecting to get water from. Like other articles I’ve read, people need to prioritize this as soon as possible because doing otherwise may be of a higher cost later. Unlike the article about Mexico, city’s in India don’t seem to have a budget allocated to creating recycling water plants. Asking for aid from other countries could be a possibility.