"Indian cities produce nearly 40,000 million litres of sewage per day, enough to irrigate 9 million hectares and barely 20% of this is treated."Vice-President Hamid Ansari said. This emphasizes the requirement for better standards for the planning and design aspects of water and sewerage management systems. Properly managed water supply and sewage treatment plants services are essential for the maintenance of public health and ensuring the wellbeing of communities.

Generation of a sustainable design requires meticulous planning, a vital phase of the asset lifecycle as it provides the greatest opportunity for delivering water and sewage treatment plants services at the lowest lifecycle cost while also meeting social and environmental requirements. The basic purpose of planning is to identify and evaluate the service needs in order to deliver defined service standards with respect to the financial resources.

Subsequently the next iterative process is the designing of the infrastructure which are based in all respect to serve the purpose of the integrated management system and availability of allocated space. One of the key points that should not be ignored is the identification and management of risks which should be embedded into the planning treated sewage treatment process.

The fact is that today more people have access to clean water than ever before in human history and that is a great accomplishment, of which everyone should be proud. That should not, however, preclude constructive assessments of problems that affect the health and well being of people in communities everywhere. Quite the opposite, knowing how much has been accomplished and the effort that has gone into putting the infrastructure in place should be motivation to maintain and continually improve the drinking water and treated sewage treatment systems that serve the world.