Lucknow, March 17 -- At a time of growing global water stress, Uttar Pradesh has begun to take a decisive lead on an issue that found space in policy discussions for years, but rarely received priority on the ground.
Amid rapidly expanding urban populations, declining groundwater levels, rising pollution pressure on rivers, and uncontrolled dependence on freshwater sources, the state is now positioning the safe reuse of treated wastewater as a major structural shift. Uttar Pradesh's policy on the safe reuse of treated water has reached the final stage before notification.
Officials here on Tuesday said this move is especially significant because the state is no longer treating treated water as a disposal compulsion, but as an essential de...