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Work is under way to establish nature-based wastewater treatment systems in five government schools in the first phase. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Government schools in Chennai pilot models for circular water management with nature-based solutions

The modular sewage treatment plants would treat wastewater using nature-based solutions; while the treated wastewater can be reused, the systems are also expected to help groundwater recharge and reduce the burden on sewerage infrastructure

Lakshmi K

Aug 12 min read

We are using the root system of plants to actually clean the 27,000 Litres of waste water that this school generates every day and finding ways to infiltrate that water into the soil to recharge the groundwater

Demonstration showcasing the transformative capacity of the Water as Leverage programme

We bring this perspective of how do we use green infrastructure to address the issue of water. We are using the root system of plants to actually clean the 27,000 Litres of waste water that this school generates every day and finding ways to infiltrate that water into the soil to recharge the groundwater.