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3.1 Principles
The Indian National Green Party policies for water are based on:
a) adopting a total catchment approach to the management of
water;
b) preserving biodiversity and ecological integrity;
c) recognising that the restructuring of the water supply in
India by introduction of free market competition is likely to be
accompanied by a severe loss of social and environmental
accountability and responsibility; and
d) equitable allocation of water amongst all users.
3.2 Goals
The Indian National Green Party aim to:
a) decrease per capita consumption of fresh water by increasing
efficiency of water use, and expanding opportunities for re-use;
b) stop the discharge of sewage into aquatic systems;
c) maximise the capacity to reuse sewage treatment by-products
by reducing pollution at source, minimising waste, and phasing
out the discharge of toxic chemicals to sewerage systems;
d) hold the amount of water captured for human use from surface
aquatic systems and provide environmental flows to all river
systems and their dependent ecosystems;
e) draw water from groundwater systems at rates not greater than
they are replenished;
f) ensure equitable access to adequate supplies of clean water
for human consumption;
g) apply the principles of least-cost planning to the provision
of water, drainage and sewerage services;
h) reduce erosion, sedimentation and pollution of watercourses,
wetlands and estuaries, by protecting and restoring native
riparian vegetation and improving catchment management;
i) maintain public ownership and control over all major water
supply, distribution, drainage and disposal systems;
j) maintain and where possible increase the area of water supply
catchments that are free of logging, agriculture and other land
uses which degrade water quality
k) provide for full public participation in decisions about
water, drainage and sewerage; and
l) provide information and low -interest loan incentive
programme to assist rural residents to adopt water conservation
practices for domestic and farm use.
3.3 Short Term Targets
The Indian National Green Party will work to:
a) establish a major new national programme to restore
environmental flows to all river systems and improve water
quality and implement the programme through national agreements
between Central State and/or local governments;
b) use all available powers to maintain major water supply,
distribution, drainage and disposal systems in public ownership;
c) cancel all plans to build large-scale new dams; and
d) ensure that drinking water supplies meet or exceed WHO (World
Health Organisation) standards, and that their quality is
publicly reported regularly.