A Master Plan Approach for River Water Pollution Control: How to prepare a master plan for controlling river water pollution: a case study on Bangladesh river perspective

A procedural approach has been addressed to prepare a Master Plan for controlling river water pollution. A Master Plan (MP) is a dynamic long-term projecting document which specifies a conceptual blueprint to show future growth and expansion. Good master planning is making the bridge between the infrastructures and social settings by ensuring the safe environment. Any master plan has its clear goal with a definite strategic plan. A strategic plan answers the question “where do we want to go?” while master plan delivers a road map that shows “how we can go there?”. Depending on the role of the master plan, it could have various sections and be expanded in several ways. Below is a strategy of the general steps for developing and implementing a master plan for river water pollution control. o Define your visiono Assess where we areo Determine your prioritieso Evaluation of baseline data and informationo Determine strategic objectives with goalso Define institutional arrangementso Physical and spatial elements of master plano Recommendation of action plans / projects.