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Delhi produces around 459 million gallons per day (MGD) treated water from waste water through its Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). But only 89 MGD which is less than 20% of what is being produced is being used, according to a report placed before the National Green Tribunal. As far as the treated water being produced at the various Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP) in industrial areas is concerned, only 10% of this is being utilised. It takes more than R22,000 to treat each MGD of waste water. In a bid to increase the utilisation of this treated water, the two-member NGT-appointed committee for monitoring pollution in the River Yamuna has urged the tribunal to issue directions to make the use of treated water mandatory by bulk consumers such as shopping malls, farmhouses and government agencies such as the railways and DDA.