Water 2015, 7, 300-328; doi:10.3390/w7010300 OPEN ACCESS water ISSN 2073-4441 www.mdpi.com/journal/water Article Stakeholder Views, Financing and Policy Implications for Reuse of Wastewater for Irrigation: A Case from Hyderabad, India Markus Starkl 1,*, Norbert Brunner 1, Priyanie Amerasinghe 2, Jampani Mahesh 2, Dinesh Kumar 3, Shyam R. Asolekar 3, Sahebrao Sonkamble 4, Shakeel Ahmed 4, Mohammed Wajihuddin 4, Adepu Pratyusha 4 and Sarah Sarah 4 1 Center for Environmental Management and Decision Support (CEMDS), Vienna 1180, Austria; E-Mail:
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[email protected]; Tel.: +43-1-476-545-057; Fax: 43-1-476-545-092. Academic Editor: Yung-Tse Hung Received: 15 September 2014 / Accepted: 22 December 2014 / Published: 19 January 2015 Abstract: When flowing through Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, India, the Musi River picks up (partially) treated and untreated sewage from the city.