... treat all their wastewater. They are also supposed to pay a water cess proportional to their water consumption to the local State Pollution Control Board (SPCB). In practice however, these rules ... giving a confidence index in the precision of the figures. Concerning water pollution, one should notice than the only quantified cost was the health burden due to domestic pollution. This cost ... 2000) The First phase of the Ganga Action Plan has led to other sub-action plans : the Yamuna, Gomati, and Damodar Action Plans, as well as the second phase of the GAP. The National River Conservation...