The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The present article discusses the application of a new technology using solar photovoltaic (PV) cell coupled with membrane distillation (MD) in the desalination of tap water. Salinity decreases the palatibility of water and causes long-term health issues. MD is the most promising technology to provide safe and clean drinking water …
Many boreal waters are currently becoming browner with effects on biodiversity, fish production, biogeochemical processes and drinking water quality. The question arises whether and at which speed this browning will continue under future climate change. To answer the question we predicted the absorbance (a420) in 6347 lakes and streams of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal and Ors. dated 07/09/2015 regarding consumption of arsenic contaminated ground water resulting in suffering from various diseases, West Bengal. Different newspaper reports have been annexed including a recent one …
On 8 November 2013, super typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Philippines. On 24 November, the Chinese hospital ship arrived in Philippines to help with disaster relief efforts. Drinking water was collected at a variety of locations, and the concentration levels of lead were determined with field test kit. The results …
Segregated collection of solid waste, efficient and localised methods to process and transport the waste, scientific maintenance of tanks, supply of clean drinking water, and ways to improve the city’s environment have found a place in the Smart City draft proposal for the city. The draft proposal was the result …
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) occur in combined sewer systems when sewage and stormwater runoff are released into water bodies, potentially contaminating water sources. CSOs are often caused by heavy precipitation and are expected to increase with increasing extreme precipitation associated with climate change. Original Source
The World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled a global plan to better integrate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services with four other public health interventions to accelerate progress in eliminating and eradicating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020. Millions suffer from devastating WASH-related neglected tropical diseases – such as soil-transmitted helminthiasis, …
The State Government has made a plan to implement a Mega Flow Water Scheme at a cost of Rs2,600 crore through which 70 litre of safe water per head would be provided to all households in the State. Rural Development Minister Badrinarayan Patra said this in the Assembly on Tuesday …
By now, everyone in India understands that we have a serious water crisis. Too many of our rivers are polluted, dammed, or dying. Rainfall is becoming increasingly erratic, and expected to become more so. Our groundwater is depleting fast. Our lakes are drying up or filling with sewage, especially in …
Patna: More than half the population in Patna has no access to safe drinking water. It ranks 6th in the descending order among 14 large capital cities of India as far as open defecation is concerned, said Bhim Reddy, associate fellow, Institute for Human Development (IHD), at a daylong workshop …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on contamination of drinking water, 03/08/2015. Rajasthan is the worst State affected with 22,254 water quality affected habitations which are yet to be provided safe drinking water as on 1/4/2015. In Rajasthan, as on 1/4/2015, as reported by the State Government into the online Integrated …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sunita Pandey & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/07/2015 regarding arsenic in the ground water of District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.
Apprehension still haunts different quarters as to whether the administration would be able to provide safe drinking water to the estimated 30 lakh Rath Yatra visitors as majority of water samples collected from different sources were found to be contaminated.According to sources, a total of 679 water samples were tested …
Lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water, warn WHO and UNICEF in a report tracking access to drinking water and sanitation against the Millennium Development Goals. The Joint Monitoring Programme report, Progress on Sanitation and …
LUDHIANA: PAU claims to have developed a water-testing kit that costs only Rs 40. Punjab Agricultural University's department of microbiology says the kit is portable and is able to find out whether the tested water is drinkable or not. It is available at the PAU department's building for Rs 40. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs. Govt. of NCT, Delhi & Ors. dated 19/06/2015 regarding water supply in the city of Delhi. The Tribunal noted that stinking and dirty water flows through the water supply lines …
Majority of the population in the country is exposed to the hazards of drinking unsafe and polluted water from both surface and ground water sources. According to newly released Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-15, as derived from the national water quality monitoring programme carried out by the Pakistan Council of Research …
Riding on the success of ensuring pure drinking water to 2500-odd residents of Chitlapakkam Town Panchayat in Kancheepuram district, the Directorate of Town Panchayats has decided to extend its arms to other areas by installing more such reverse osmosis plants across the State. Joint Director of Town Panchayats, S.M. Malaiaman …
A host of people in Comilla are suffering from arsenicosis, with the majority contracting the disease by drinking water rich in arsenic. According to government estimates, some 2,997 people were diagnosed with arsenic poisoning in 16 upazilas of the district till December 2014, but non-governmental organisations say the number of …
AIADMK deputy legislature party leader A. Anbalagan along with residents of Uppalam constituency on Monday staged a protest by locking the office of the Public Health Division of PWD protesting contamination of drinking water. The protestors resorted to a road blockade on Subbiah Salai. Mr. Anbalagan said people from Vanarapet, …
