Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
Delegation to explore possibilities of joint ventures with Indian organisations CHENNAI: With its experience in handling water crises through public-private partnerships, South Australia can help India in its water management programmes, according to representatives of the Water Industry Alliance from the State. Joe Flynn, CEO of the alliance, who is …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun May 5, 2010, 0:44 IST Here is good news for the water-starved Uttarakhand. After more than four years of experiments and research, a European Union river bank filtration (RBF) project has ignited new hopes to end the perennial drinking water problem in the …
Mumbai: With the city facing one of its worst water crises, proposals to alleviate the problem are aplenty. One such proposal is by a city-based firm that claims it can produce water out of thin air. Watermaker (India) Pvt Ltd claims it has the technology that can suck moisture from …
Sunil Kumar | Dehradun With an aim of finding solutions to the prevailing water crisis in the State, Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan is in deliberation with Sky Water India Pvt Ltd and other companies to tap atmospheric water. The project would be known as sky water project. State Drinking Water Supply …
CHENNAI: A Czech delegation is in Chennai to explore business partnerships on water resource management and waste water recycling. The delegation which was here, as part of a trade mission to India, had preliminary discussions with officials of the TWAD Board and Metrowater. Addressing a meeting hosted by the Confederation …
Americans can save some of the 225 billion gallons of water (852 billion liters) wasted each year through over-watering by installing smart systems which deliver just the right amount of moisture. Homeowners and companies over-water their grass and plants by between 30 and 300 percent, said Chris Spain, chief sustainability …
Mumbai System enables real-time monitoring of water parameters in the supply network Automation and innovation are the new buzzwords in the water supply department of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). Housed in the ground floor of the civic head office, the central control room regulates the TMC
BHUBANESWAR: With use of water for industrial purposes becoming a hot debate in Western Orissa, adoption of appropriate technology in mineral processing holds new promise. However, it becomes more vital when we talk about optimal use of ore including low-grade varieties for a sustainable use as both can now be …
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government today launched the Rs 1125 crore-Naandi Community Safe Water Project which will provide clean drinking water to 100 villages. The water treatment plant is based on reverse osmosis technology. Located in Dujana village of Jhajjar district, the project has been set up with the assistance of …
London, Nov. 24: Worried about impending water shortages due to climate change? Stop worrying, researchers have created a gadget that can be used to create drinking or irrigation water from thin air. The gadget, called WaterMill, has been developed by a Canadian company, Element Four, which is a marketing and …
Shishir Prashant Indian watermills are all set to get international recognition thanks to the joint efforts of the central government and HESCO, a Dehra dun-based NGO, towards roping in United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDPO), headquartered in Vienna. UNIDO has agreed to set up an international watermill hub in Uttarakhand, …
Providing safe drinking water to poor families in the coastal area of Andhra Pradesh is critical for the economic development of the region as well as to improve health and living conditions. A community water project supported by the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) is increasing innovation and efficiency …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Agriculture Department has decided to give assistance to the farmers to lay underground pipeline systems, install sprinkler irrigation systems and construct tanks in order to adopt
The Water Technology Centre (WTC), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore was established in 1982 with financial assistance from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to play a lead role in developing appropriate technology, knowledge base of the available water resources for maximizing agricultural production and to evolve suitable water …
The state government will set up laboratories soon at all district headquarters in the state for water testing to provide safe drinking water to people after it was found that most diseases are caused by polluted drinking water. These laboratories will be funded by IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) …
The introduction of the axial piston pumps and the development of energy recovery units especially for seawater reverse osmosis has changed the system design dramatically and reduced the energy consumption by up to 80% in these installations. Oct-Dec 2007
This book represents an effort to make available a unified presentation of groundwater hydrology. It presupposes only a background of mathematics through calculus and an elementary knowledge of geology.
This manual deals with various aspects of artificial recharge of ground water including planning of artificial recharge schemes, artificial recharge techniques and design of structures, monitoring of augmented water levels and water quality, economic evaluation of recharge projects and issues related to operation and maintenance of artificial recharge structures. Roof …
