RIVERS OF THE WORLD ROW FOUNDATIONINC
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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. Some of our major tenets: 1. • Evaluate the eco-environmental status of the major rivers and tributaries of the world, primarily US, India, SE Asia, S. America, Africa, Europe, and Other Parts of the World. 2. • Identify ten Rivers initially which could be easily undertaken in the program to meet the primary objectives of the ROW foundation. 3. • Inform and involve the public in activities that foster the protection, enhancement, and establishment of clean rivers and sustainable development along the river banks and riparian areas. 4. • Identify, evaluate, and address threats to the biological, cultural, and economic components of conservation of the river and riparian areas. 5. • Acknowledge and promote the significance of the rivers, streams, and their adjacent riparian areas, including the effects on the ecosystem. 6. • Facilitate cooperation between private landowners, state and federal agency personnel, and other interested parties through a non-political forum concerned with area-wide needs of conservation of the river and riparian areas. 7. • Encourage voluntary participation of all potential partners to enhance and restore the biological, economic, and cultural well being of the rivers and riparian areas through educational, technical, and financial involvement. 8. • To engage in any other charitable activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Code of the US IRS; provided, such activities fall within the purview of charitable activities.
About This Cause
Rivers of the World (ROW) Foundation was formed in Maryland USA in 2009. It was born out of decades of persuasion to revive the life and spirits of the Yamuna River, India. Most of the wastewater generated in cities and towns of India were discharged to streams and rivers without appropriate treatment. Often the cost of wastewater treatment is prohibitive for the 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, India, and Nepal. 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 restoring streams and rivers to form a healthy environment. Preserving the natural environment is our prime objective. We love to have your support in this effort.