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According to the 2011 census, India has a total population of 1.21 billion, with 77 million (31.16 percent) of the population living in urban areas. With a projected urban population of 600 million in 2031, India is in the unfortunate position of having to increase access to water and sanitation while also responding to growing environmental problems. Inadequate sanitation has severe public health and environmental consequences; one in every ten deaths in India is caused by inadequate sanitation and hygiene (WSP, 2010); untreated domestic/municipal wastewater discharge has contaminated 75% of all surface water in India, harming the river ecology and the life that depends on it. Sewage generation in urban India is estimated to be 72,368 MLD whereas installed treatment capacity is 31841 MLD (43.9 %). Out of 31,841 MLD installed capacity developed, operationalized capacity is 26,869 MLD (84 %). (CPCB, National Inventory of STPs 2021). The above static shows the lack of capacity of cities to treat waste water and need of infrastructure investment for urban sanitation. The aim of the study is to gauge the sanitation scenario in urban India. Also, a comparative study of cities of Ahmedabad and Pune based the Service Level Progress, Expenditure, etc. pertaining to waste water management has been carried out. The environmental impacts due inadequate sanitation in these cities is also aimed to be addressed.
Keywords: sanitation, sewage treatment, faecal sludge and septage management.
