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 …
In a bid to check water contamination, municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta has now instructed his men to undertake random sampling along the water supply network, in addition to the existing fixed sampling spots. Mehta also told civic officials to test water used by hawkers considering the rise in the number …
BEIJING - China will build a space-air-ground integrated sensing system to detect and stop pollution, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection Tuesday. China's central authorities decided in July to build a comprehensive ecological environment monitoring system that will have the ability for automatic early warning using surveillance sites across …
California water quality regulators have asked state Attorney General Kamala Harris to consider enforcement action against the owner of an oil pipeline that ruptured near Santa Barbara in May, spilling petroleum onto beaches and the Pacific Ocean. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board said on Monday that it …
KARACHI: The water being supplied to the Malir town is heavily contaminated with faecal material and is unfit for human consumption, says a research study conducted at Karachi University’s Institute of Environmental Studies. The study has found that none of the tap water samples collected from 42 different sites in …
The latest round of government-sponsored testing found that more children, breastfeeding mothers and pregnant women have health-threatening levels of lead in their blood as Hong Kong's tap water contamination scare spread to three more public housing estates yesterday. Among the third batch of 294 blood test results announced yesterday, 33 …
For at least fifty years, phytoplankton and algae blooms have been a regular occurrence in summer on Lake Erie. However, researchers say this year the toxic blooms could reach record levels. The bloom is visible as swirls of green in western Lake Erie and in Lake St. Clair, and researchers …
SINGAPORE, August 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fifty years ago Singapore had to ration water, and its smelly rivers were devoid of fish and choked with waste from shipbuilding, pig farms and toilets that emptied directly into streams. But it's a very different story today. The world's most densely populated …
RIO DE JANEIRO – The International Olympic Committee said Sunday it will begin testing for disease causing viruses in the sewage-polluted waters where athletes will compete in next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games. Before, the IOC and local Olympic organizers in Rio said they would only test for bacteria in …
The study was to characterize and understand the water quality of the river Yamuna in Delhi (India) prior to an efficient restoration plan. A combination of collection of monitored data, mathematical modeling, sensitivity, and uncertainty analysis has been done using the QUAL2Kw, a river quality model. The model was applied …
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun on Tuesday flagged off the N4billion potable water project for the riverine communities in the state; even as he promised that a Mother& Child hospital would be constructed in the area before the expiration of his tenure. At the flag- off of the water scheme …
The Tibet Autonomous Region will tap its high quality, abundant fresh water reserve to establish a 40 billion yuan (6.44 billion U.S. dollars) natural drinking water industry in the next three to five years, the autonomous region's government said at a forum on Wednesday. Tibet has the most abundant water …
ISLAMABAD – The officials of UNICEF called on Federal Minister for Climate Change and congratulated him for achieving Millennium Development Goals of sanitation and improved drinking water, according to a press release of the federal government. “It is a positive story from Pakistan and needs to be celebrated and communicated …
An alliance representing five public housing estates affected by the lead water scare has been formed to help residents seek compensation. Convened by Democratic Party vice-chairman Andrew Wan Siu-kin, the Drinking Water Victims Alliance has brought on board legal and medical experts to advise residents on how to take legal …
The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has claimed that the 400-kilometer Siak River dividing the resource-rich province of Riau is in a condition of deterioration. “The river’s quality has deteriorated drastically,” executive director of Riau Walhi Riko Kurniawan said in Pekanbaru on Wednesday. He said that both locals and …
The Teva Pharmaceutical Industries manufacturing plant in Kfar Sava has seriously contaminated the Yarkon River, according to sources at the Water Authority. Effluent containing very high concentrations of chemical by-products of the manufacturing process were discharged into a municipal water treatment facility and released into the river, where high levels …
Organisers of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro face serious challenges over cleaning up the bay where the sailing competitions will be held, the IOC president Thomas Bach has admitted. Sailors in Guanabara Bay have reported worrying amounts of rubbish and pollution, including discarded furniture and floating animal carcasses. …
Health experts have claimed that reverse osmosis water purifiers do not provide 100 per cent virus-free water and can lead to Hepatitis A and E. On the World Hepatitis Day, they advised citizens to drink boiled water, which is safest to drink, to avoid Hepatitis A and E. Sharing details …
Accra — More than 7 500 Ghanaian children die as a result of unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation every year, it has emerged. The toll is the highest in the continent and seventh-worst in the world. According to a joint report by both the World Health Organisation (WHO) and …
THE FIJI Water Foundation has again extended funding to Rotary Pacific Water for Life Foundation (RPWLF) enabling a further 500 Fijians access to safe drinking water. Natural Waters of Viti (FIJI Water) CEO Rokoseru Nabalarua handed over $50,000 to RPWLF board members at RPWLF's annual general meeting. With most part …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in Lakes/Rivers, 21/07/2015. The water quality of rivers, lakes & other water bodies is regularly monitored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in collaboration with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) through a network of 2500 monitoring stations in 28 States and 6 …
