Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Over 30 African water ministers and high-level delegations from 53 African nations have adopted a roadmap aimed at achieving sustainable and universal access to safe water and sanitation in the continent. The adoption of the roadmap titled "the Dar es Salaam Roadmap for achieving the N'gor Commitments on Water Security …
The Last Well, the American non-governmental Christian organization from Rockwall, Texas, in the United States that is determined to provide safe drinking water throughout Liberia by the year 2020 will hold its first national partner conference tomorrow, August 2, at Kendeja Hotel. The gathering will be the largest partner conference …
Like the famous Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the Salton Sea in California, the salty expanse of Lake Urmia in Iran has been drying up and shrinking for decades. Now the lake, once one of the largest in the Middle East, looks more like a gigantic crime scene. …
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2015-16) present the Tenth Report on “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies- Encroachment on Water Bodies and Steps Required to Remove the Encroachment and Restore the Water Bodies”. The Committee initially took up the subject “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies” in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water Treatment, 28/07/2016. As reported by the States in the online Integrated Management Information System of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, there exist 2,230 water quality testing laboratories at the State, District, Sub-Divisional, Block levels and also certain mobile water testing laboratories. …
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said on Wednesday he was not satisfied with Husky Energy Inc's emergency response to an oil spill into a river that supplies drinking water, and said the western Canadian province needed to consider ways to avoid a recurrence. The spill of 1,572 barrels of oil from …
Engineers from the Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new novel nanoparticle material capable of cleaning dirty water, making it suitable for drinking. The new material is made from the combination of graphene oxide and bacteria-produced cellulose to form a bi-layered biofoam. The graphene oxide can be found …
ISLAMABAD: Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) adopted various resolutions with regard to the challenging issues of environment, poverty eradication, women empowerment and education in Asian countries, here, on Wednesday These resolutions were adopted during the concluding session of the two-day meeting of the Standing Committee of APA on Economic and Sustainable …
A new study suggests that improvements in air quality over the Potomac watershed, including the Washington, D.C., metro area, may be responsible for recent progress on water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science have linked improving water quality in streams and …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Level, 26/07/2016. Based on monitoring under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme during 2011-2015, Four (04) cities are identified as non-attainment cities with respect to NO2 and Ninety Four (94) cities identified as non-attainment cities with respect to Particulate Matter (PM10). The details of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Level, 26/07/2016. Based on monitoring under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme during 2011-2015, Four (04) cities are identified as non-attainment cities with respect to NO2 and Ninety Four (94) cities identified as non-attainment cities with respect to Particulate Matter (PM10). The details of …
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Contamination as people and agriculture crowd around water sources has hiked the cost of water treatment by 50 percent in some major cities, a study said on Monday, making it harder to provide safe drinking water for a growing urban population. An expansion …
River health assessment (RHA) protocols are the tools used globally that emphasize upon factors which contribute for ecological fitness of the river such as catchment health, floodplain health, channel health, flow health, quality health and biotic health indicators. Human intervention by constructions of dams, excess water abstraction, channel diversion and …
India’s ambitious sanitation drive has created a health hazard, with many toilets built cheek by jowl with family water supplies June in Odisha state’s Puri district, and the mercury is hitting 39C. The monsoon is still days away but, when it comes, the Mahanadi river could flood low-lying villages, as …
At least 13 people have died and 190 hospitalised following a recent outbreak of Cholera in various parts of South Sudan, the health ministry disclosed. “The Cholera cases were reported and recorded in Duk County of Jonglei State, Juba County of Jubek State and Terekeka County of Terekeka State since …
African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed satisfaction on Tanzania's implementation of water and sanitation projects, promising to continue working closely with the government towards the target of availing water and sanitation services to more citizens. AfDB Director of Water and Sanitation Department Mohamed El Azizi said in Dar es Salaam …
With concerns about climate 'extremes' growing1, water is often the focus — either too much or too little. That is no coincidence: climate and the hydrological cycle are tightly coupled, and water is essential to ecosystems and societies. But it is not just the quantity of water that matters. So …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution in Yamuna, 21/07/2016. The water quality of river Yamuna is monitored from origin to confluence with River Ganga at Allahabad. The assessment of water quality data indicates that River Yamuna is not meeting the water quality criteria downstream of confluence with drains in …
Islamabad—Despite a large number of water filtration plants installed at various points, water quality in the twin cities remains a big issue. Its quality and unchecked supply continue to pose challenges to the Water And Sanitation Agency (WASA) in Rawalpindi as well as CDA’s Water Directorate in the federal capital. …
According to Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) if the traditional water sources such as springs will be improved people will have access to clean water thus improve sanitation and hygiene practices. Speaking to the ‘Daily News’ in Dar es Salaam, Ms Margareth Mwampondele, the WSSCC Project Manager said …
