(1) Whether, with reference to the recommendations of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in 2011, she or her department has taken steps to tackle the problem of (a) water pollution and (b) water sewage treatment systems; if not, why not; if so, (2) whether she has found that the specified steps have turned around the quality of (a) water and (b) waste-water effluent in (i) rural and (ii) peri-urban towns; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) whether she will make a statement on the matter?