<p>A treatability study was conducted to determine the most effective bioremediation strategies for the decontamination of sediments dredged from industrially polluted Gandigudem Lake. Microcosm experiments were performed with the addition of a microbial consortium and
Streams in UK's Lake District are becoming significantly less acidic. Ed Tipping of the Windermere-based Institute of Freshwater Ecology compared pH (a measure of acidity and alkalinity) levels in
The thousands of corpses of the brutal gun and machete civil war in Rwanda have been dumped into the second largest fresh water lake in the world.
Volcanic crater lakes in Victoria's Western District, described by scientists as some of the world's best natural rain gauges, are drying up, pointing to the effects of climate change. But another
Fish speciate to have food to their taste
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Chennai, the country's only metropolitan city without a perennial source of drinking water, is in the grip of acute water scarcity. Two of the rain-fed lakes that meet the city's needs - Poondi, and
Eight U.S. states bordering the Great Lakes and two Canadian provinces plan to review any proposal to tap into the world's largest body of fresh water under an agreement signed yesterday. The
Just as lakes in the city of Vadodara have been filled up to make way for concrete structures, the natural storm-water drains in the city too have become victims of road-widening exercises and
Nainital is facing potable water pollution. Naini lake in the heart of the city, the main source of drinking water, presents a grim picture of the problem. Even water supplied to household is not
The accumulation of old and unused pesticides that have been banned or expired has mounted to a whopping five lake tonne globally, posing grave health hazards for the mankind. The pesticide waste
The Mumbai Pollution Control Board has served a notice on the Brihan-mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to forthwith close five storm water drains which continue to pollute the Powai lake. The
The Gujarat High Court has ordered recharging of 130 existing lakes in the city for increasing ground-water levels, and has advised the civic authorities not allow use of high-rise building or
On the basis of hydrochemical and biological studies, a trophic gradient has been established between the inshore and the offshore areas of the Dal lake. The inshore areas receive large quantities of raw sewage and agricultural runoff as a result of which high nutrient concentration of water and the presence of dense phytoplankton populations have been registered at these sites.
The Jammu & Kashmir Government is taking all possible measures for the development and conservation of the prestigious Dal lake, the State Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Mohiuddin
A Kenyan has won a prestigious environmental prize for his project to protect the world's second largest freshwater lake and the people that live around it. George Odera Outa, from the University of
Water levels in North America's Great Lakes, the world's largest fresh-water system, are below average for this time of year, and this will affect shipping, recreational boating and marina operators
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) provides funds to the States and Union Territories (UTs) including SPCBs/PCCs under various schemes which include the schemes of Assistance for Abatement of Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs), National River Conservation Programme (NRCP) and National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP).
A valley full of rare geysers and thermal vents in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula disappeared on June 3 after an entire mountainside collapsed only to reappear few days later after a drop in the water
The Jamoniya lake water supply scheme constructed at a cost of Rs 22 lakh received from urban development authority to solve the drinking water problems in the city of Sehore has been inaugurated by
