As of the most recent published count from 2020-2021, there were 1,093 sewage treatment plants with operational capabilities of just 26.9 billion liters of wastewater per day, indicating that only 37% of India's wastewater is treated.

Waste management is an issue in rural and heavily populated cities, as is the case with the rapid population expansion and urbanization in many developing nations.

An exemplary case of this growth surpassing the capacity of infrastructure can be found in...