Dear Members and Readers of Journal, Year 2000 begin with only 27.8% of urban Population. Within 15 years the rise is 1.48 times i.e. urban population in 2105 was 41.3% & likely to cross 50% in 2025. Rural area is rapidly shedding off its traditional rural look and accepting the modern amenities for better quality of life & needs adequate quantity of good quality of water. Urbanization always comes with increase in resource consumption and waste generation. For increasing urbanization more reliable supplies of municipal and industrial water is required. Therefore India has been picked as one of the top four markets in global water treatment with Brazil, China and United States, by Global Water Intelligence in Global Water Market 2014. Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and reuse will be the most exciting area for future growth. Waste water management has been given a high priority in the 2012 National Water Policy, which also supports water reuse for beneficial purposes. More international companies are expected to enter the market to tap these opportunities. The planning commission has budgeted USD 26.5 Billion in the 2012-2017 plan to provide safe water to all urban and rural Indians. Treatment of waste water and solid, liquid and chemical waste, water technology, environmental services, desalination of brackish water & consulting and engineering are some services that India will require to tackle the water problem. It is estimated that the total potential business in the water sector in India can amount to US$ 30 Billion annually. Thus India is one of the biggest markets in size and growth rate, but among the top markets, the volume of India's capital expenditure is the lowest, which suggests that India has the biggest potential to grow further. Major Stake Holders in Water Sector are R & D & Quality Control Managers, Consultants, Manufacturers, Material Suppliers, Contractors, Operators & Supervisors, NGO & Finance & Marketing. Principal constraint for providing water supply and sanitation in developing countries is scarcity of skilled manpower. Hundreds of thousands of trained personnel for above stake holders will be required if these basic services are to be made available to everyone. Comprehensive plans for manpower & entrepreneur development are just as important in ensuring the success of a project as engineering feasibility or sound financial management. Despite of great demand of Water Engineers none of the Institution in India has specialized degree course in Water Management. Out of +7000 engineering colleges, less than 100 colleges offer BE in Environmental Engineering. Maharashtra state is having only one institute offering BE in Environmental Engineering.
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