Indian Politics & Policy Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2018 | Page 116

Parameters of Successful Wastewater Reuse in Urban India
Chart 4. Matrix of Key Parameters for the Case Studies
(Strong, Medium, and Weak)
Emerging Scenarios
The key parameters in these case
studies can be profiled into scenario
types or heuristics to provide
guidance on what works, taking a
flexible approach (see Chart 1). The scenario
types are: “interested leader,” “water
availability squeeze,” “water pricing,”
“rule bearing push,” and “closed loop
business savings.” These labels help to
identify current determinants of successes
and should point attention to areas
of importance to be strengthened in
other projects around the country.
Interested Leader
Each of the four cases has the involvement
of strong leadership, where the
interest of the leader is in water conservation,
increasing their water supply,
reducing the use of groundwater,
and saving money on the water bill.
In the garden STPs in Delhi and at the
bus depot, leadership provided by the
Delhi Government and especially key
figures such as Chief Minister Kejriwal
strengthens the projects in terms
of investment, joint public–private responsibility,
and sustainability over
time. In the IIT-M case, an engineering
professor was instrumental in getting
the campus STP established, funded,
and equipped with monitoring tools for
ongoing research purposes. In the Marriott
case, the engineering manager led
the efforts to upgrade and expand their
onsite STP and this led to big savings
in their water bill and a state-of-theart
dual plumbing system throughout
the hotel. These cases show that leadership
is diverse but critical to a project’s
success. Other kinds of leadership
may emerge in other projects and this
heuristic should direct inquiry toward
those motivators in the hope that they
will be supported.
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