Sustainable approaches for urban water management for restoration of rivers in India

Cities are drivers of economy always faces problem of environmental degradation and ecological crisis due to consequences of associated urbanization and industrialization. City population depend heavily on urban water infrastructure to protect human health and the environment. In India almost all rivers and streams flowing through cities are degraded. Conventional water management paradigm fails to restore these flowing water bodies. Since historical times, cities have depended heavily on technology especially for urban water management. Management of urban water is very important for sustainable urban development. Urban water sustainability has not yet been defined. Urban drainage management, systems approach, urban water management are some of the approaches which are followed by engineers and bureaucratic actors to manage urban water flows in the 19th century. Sustainable urban water management (SUWM) and or integrated urban water management (IUWM) would prove to be best approach as it is based on holistic management of all forms of water i.e. rain water, storm water, ground water, potable water, grey water and black water. This review paper is to analyze the best urban water-management approach to eradicate the river pollution issue.