Through public - private partnership, industrial waste treatment plants can be set up so that industrial waste isn't directly dumped into the river. As the government also funds part of the project, the industries wouldn't face the entire burden of construction and would be encouraged and motivated to do so. If the industries still do not comply with the rules, then they must be fined a some percentage of the income they get from the products they produced, which forced them to dump waste in it

I would like to be a member of the National Ganga Mission/ Water mission/ national water crisis team to help in detailing out these policy measures and laying out the execution roadmap for implementation across India. Vikas Bhu Sharma B.Tech ( IIT Kanpur) , MS ( University of Michigan- US ) , MBA ( University of Michigan- US ) vikasbhu@hotmail.com

21. Wherever floride, arsenic, chromium, heavy metals, pesticides , fertilizers have contaminated the groundwater install and provide RO drinking water systems . Ban groundwater drinking in these regions – we need to save our children from mental disorders in these zones and keep our generations intelligent

20.Achieve state of zero water discharge from all housing societies and apartments . Promote water reuse and recycle immediately at site of use. Make sewage treatment plant in each society and apartment mandatory

19. Over years of 100% recycle and reuse technology implementation achieve a state of zero water drawing from Ganga and all rivers in India. That this the stage of self sufficiency in water. Use excess river water for electricity generation and irrigation purposes only.

18. Enter into technical collaboration with Israel, US , Singapore and Australia governments for water recycle and reuse technology transfer. Each of these nations have examples of unique technologies available that will be useful for India.

14. Use media to create awareness for water conservation, reuse and recycle 15. Promote Lakes in and around cities of India to makeup for the surface area that is being eaten up by rapid real estate development in cities. 16. Promotes Lakes and wells in villages. 17. Use wells in villages as ready infrastructure for groundwater recharge

11. Setup desalination plants with ppp model along the coast of India 12. Where feasible use solar energy to run sewage treatment plants 13.Create community vigilance centers to enforce, monitor and report compliance to water policies

8. For new cities and houses 2 separate lines for drinking water and greywater – this will enable very fast and easy implementation of recycle and reuse opportunities. We need to reach a stage where only 9. For cities and apartments charge for water use by meter just like electricity. Creates consciousness to save water . 10. 100% rainwater harvesting for all new houses and apartments constructed. Old one’s should be given a timeframe to introduce this

6. All sewage treatments plans to be run by private organizations with target to deliver in water quality parameters . Output quality of these sewage treatment plants to be linked together into a computer network to create an IT infrastructure along the Indian rivers 7. 100 % power backup at all sewage treatment plants to ensure 100% quality control