About

Rivers of the World Foundation stemmed from the persuasion to revive the life and spirits of the Yamuna River for decades. Most of the wastewater generated in the urban and suburban cities in India is discharged to streams and rivers without appropriate treatment. Often the cost of wastewater treatment is prohibitive for many cities and municipalities. Reading an article about the death of 1700 people in 1987 due to cholera outbreak from drinking the Yamuna water lead to this persuasion by Subijoy Dutta. Mr. Dutta studied the use of various low-cost biological treatment systems for several years since the onset of his Yamuna River Cleanup Effort in 1992. A few other scientists and engineers, such as Dennis Haag, Dr. Matthew Perry, Dr. William Roper and others joined Dutta in years to follow after the initiation of this volunteer project. To that end, a demonstration scale system was developed in 2003/2004. This design for a small community system at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Kukatpally, Hyderabad has been modified later to meet the treatment needs of highly polluted discharges flowing into the Yamuna River near Delhi through the Barapullah and the Kotlah Drains. Question on Water Quality lead to a number of other related issues posed by Mr. Dutta and his team. While visiting with people living in the banks of the Yamuna and other rivers their cry and issues have been shared and reverberated. The issues were enormous.

The cry of the people living on the banks of Yamuna river bounced by the hard concrete wall, over and over again, lead this group of scientists to move on to other Rivers in India and other parts of the World resulting in the formation of Rivers of the World (ROW) Foundation in 2009. Active assistance is provided by ROW Foundation in Philippines, China, and Nepal, other than India. Some of the remediation steps suggested by the team along with other experts from ROW Foundation, for the Marikina River, Iloilo River (Philippines), and Yamuna River (Gau Ghat area) were diligently followed, which has resulted in improvement in River water quality and local ecology and environment. We are working on controlling Environmental Pollution and preserving the natural environment is our prime objective.

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Mission Statement

The primary objective of the Rivers of the World (ROW) Foundation is to make all efforts to cleanup highly polluted Rivers in US, India, SE Asia, S. America, Africa, Europe, and Other Parts of the World.