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 Dhaka Wasa has undertaken three mega projects to collect 70 percent of the city's demand for water from surface sources by 2020, said LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam yesterday. "Dhaka Wasa is advancing towards producing water from surface sources instead of underground aquifers for building an environment …
Streams within approximately 40% of the global land surface are at risk from the application of insecticides. These were the results from the first global map to be modeled on insecticide runoff to surface waters, which has just been published in the journal Environmental Pollution by researchers from the Helmholtz …
This technical note describes the specifics of the indicator data and calculations underpinning the India Water Tool 2.0 (IWT). The IWT 2.0 allows companies, government agencies, and other users identify their water risks, prioritize their water management actions, plan for sustainable water management, and address water risks that confront agriculture, …
The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture had started a central sector scheme, “Monitoring of Pesticide Residues at National Level” in food commodities and environmental samples during 2005-06 with the participation of various laboratories representing Ministry of Agriculture, Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Ministry of Health and Family …
Irrigation Minister Narayan Prakash Saud and Australian Ambassador to Nepal Glenn White jointly inaugurated a four-year research project on sustainable use of ground and surface water on Wednesday. The Rs 200 million project will be launched in six districts of the Eastern Indo Gangetic Plains (E-IGP) which includes two districts …
By 2050, around 70% of the world's population of 9,2 billion people is expected to live in an urban environment. Especially in developing countries this increasing population and expanding cities pose great challenges with respect to access to clean drinking water, sanitation, waste water treatment and protection against floods. On …
Water availability has a tremendous impact on water resources development and socioeconomic sustainability, particularly in arid and semiarid areas. A thorough assessment of water availability and demand is essential in preparing any water resources development and management plan. In fact, if water is to be managed in a sustainable way …
THE Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, on Tuesday reiterated the call for the adoption of a legal framework to protect the country’s water resources. Ochepke made the call at a stakeholders’ workshop on National Water Resources Bill organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in collaboration with …
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending 100 million euro to the government of Bangladesh to finance a new sustainable surface water supply system in Dhaka. The financing contract was signed in Dhaka on Monday. The main project component is a new sustainable surface water supply system comprising a raw …
The area of inland lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau has expanded 26 percent in the past 20 years, according to new research results. The area of inland lakes in the region, which has an average altitude of 4,500 meters, has expanded to 32,300 square kilometers from 25,600 square kilometers 20 …
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has decided to lend Euro 100 million to the government of Bangladesh to finance a new sustainable surface water supply system in Dhaka. The financing contract was signed here on Monday. This is the second lending operation to the public sector in the country, the …
China is reviewing a plan to invest more than 2 trillion yuan ($321 billion) to curb water pollution, China Business News reported. The plan, which has been submitted to the State Council, will speed up improving water-environment quality and protect its safety, the report said, citing an unidentified official at …
High levels of antibiotics are polluting China's surface water, posing risks to the ecosystem and human health, a recent review of research has found. According to the review, 159 types of pharmaceuticals and personal-care products have been discovered in the country's water, 68 of which are antibiotics. The concentration and …
Water quality monitoring is one of the important function of State Pollution Control Board. It helps in evaluating the nature & extent of water contamination, assess the water quality trends, evaluate the success of pollution control measures taken & prioritization of efforts to be initiated. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board is …
The Asian development Bank (ADB) will provide $ 250 million to Bangladesh for ‘Dhaka Environmentally Sustainable Water Supply’ to increase supply of surface water in the capital, reports UNB. Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Md Mejbahuddin and ADB new country director Kazuhiko Higuchi will sign a concessional loan agreement on …
This report is a compilation of data gathered from Central Ground Water Board and various participating organizations in Punjab to highlight the prevailing status of water quality and identify the challenges along with possible remedial measures. Rapid population increase coupled with agricultural practices, urbanization and industrialization has brought in many …
Adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, as most of the water bodies are now dying in the region especially in its high Barind tract. Fisheries scientists and specialists said breeding and grazing fields of the fish species …
The Noyyal sub-basin, which is 3510 sq km in area, is part of the Cauvery basin that lies in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a rapidly urbanizing sub-basin that includes the Class I cities of Coimbatore and Tiruppur as well as 84 smaller urban settlements. Water issues in …
Studies and investigations taken up by the Central Groundwater Board and other agencies have helped generate a vast amount of data in a comprehensive manner which has been collated to provide a glimpse of ground water scenario of the Himalayan regions. The hill areas represent a complex hydrogeological set up …
'DWASA had already started work on a plan to capture surface water for re-distribution' says A Khan Managing Director of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Taqsem A Khan said DWASA was operating only 30% of the city’s sewerage facilities, with 70% of the facilities remaining out of …
