印度的情况也好不到哪里去，国家机构中央污染控制委员会（Central Pollution Control Board）报告，用化学需氧量（水的有机质量指标之一）和大肠杆菌数量衡量，去年全印度445条河流中的近一半污染过于严重，不再安全。
India’s situation is not much better, with the state-run Central Pollution Control Board reporting last year that nearly half of the country’s 445 rivers are too polluted in terms of biochemical oxygen demand (an indicator of the organic quality of water) and coliform bacteria to be safely consumed.