In February 2020, Dr Girija Bharat of MGC was appointed as the National Policy Expert of India on ‘Reuse of Treated Wastewater’ for India-EU Water Partnership (IEWP) that is jointly co-financed by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The key responsibility is to draft and develop a robust national policy (for reuse of treated wastewater at appropriate standards), bringing in the overall Indian perspective for regulatory, institutional, financial, technical and other relevant aspects in formulating the policy. It also includes delivering knowledge and evidence-based inputs to the policy document on reuse of treated wastewater.
