The provision of effective urban drainage and stormwater management is challenging for the Urban Local Bodies in towns and cities. The present study seeks to investigate the variation of drainage water quality with respect to the land use of different catchments of the municipal area of Sundargarh town and evaluate the potentiality of nature-based technologies for wastewater treatment and stormwater management. Geographical Information System GIS) is used for the assessment of the existing drainage characteristics and drain water quality is lab tested. It is found that the quality of drain water discharge from different areas varies with their land use. The comparison of hydrological maps shows that the natural drainage channels have undergone alteration and water bodies have shrunk due to changing land cover. Potential solutions using green infrastructure and nature-based technologies can benefit handling altered hydrological conditions, improve the urban stormwater quality discharged to the surface water course, and help maintain the river ecology.