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Water-use standards in India (litres
per capita per day)
| Supply type |
Sector |
Standard |
| BSI |
NCU |
| Ideal supply standard |
Urban supply |
200 |
135 |
| Rural supply |
100 |
70 |
| Recommended supply standard |
Urban supply |
250 |
175 |
| Rural supply |
170 |
90 |
| Notes: Recommended supply standards have been
calculated by taking into account the distribution losses
BSI: Bureau of Standards of India
NCU: National Commission on Urbanisation |
| Source: Deepak Bhavsar, Suneet Gupta and Rahul Kumar
undated, An Approach to Sustainable Development of Settlements in the Ganga Basin - Case
Studies: Hardwar, Kanpur and Patna, Paper produced for the Centre for Inter-disciplinary
Studies of Mountain and Hill Environment, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi. |
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