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 …
This paper deals with studies on the removal of fluoride by using bark of drumstick and its leaves. The above said adsorbents are effective defluoridating agents and therefore used in the diet through cooked leaves and its vegetables. 2007
This paper deals with a comparative study on the fluoride removal capacity of readily and cheaply available five kinds of materials-calcium, phosphate, magnesium and magnesium carbonate. Among these materials aluminium phosphate is the most efficient defluoridating agent. 2007
In the early 1980s, K. C. Saha from the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata attributed skin lesions in West Bengal, India, to exposure to arsenic in groundwater pumped from shallow tube wells. Despite these findings, millions of tube wells have been installed across the Bengal Basin, the geological formation …
There is a continuous increase in expenditure for running municipal water supply systems in India. Many water treatment plants of various capacities are being constructed to cope with the increasing water demand. Now the most efficient and cost effective way to supply water to a locality with maximum production cost …
function table() { var popurl="image/20060930/34.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=375,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } Drought-stricken Toowoomba, the second largest land-bound city in Queensland, Australia, has plans for an integrated water-management strategy
The environment ministry of China recently ordered the cleanup of 20 chemical and petrochemical units that a study found were a threat to the country's waterways and environment due to poor planning and a lack of waste-treatment facilities. The State Environmental Protection Administration (sepa) said that 12 of the 20 …
at least half the water consumed at home and the workplace need not be of drinkable quality. With this in mind, a group of researchers from the uk has devised a low-maintenance, self-sustaining method to recycle used water after cleaning it only partially. The Green Roof Water Recycling System (grow), …
function table() { var popurl="image/20051015/35-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=275,height=420,scrollbars=yes") } a water treatment powder has won the 2005 Stockholm Industry Water Award for innovative corporate development of water and wastewater process technologies. The powder
Nacka nature school is an information center on ways to manage wastewater. It was set up in 1989 at village Velamsund, near Stockholm city, Sweden, by the Nacka municipality, home to approximately 70,000 people. Velamsund is situated in an archipelago once greviously affected by sewage discharge and the toxic remnants …
seawater remedy: Hyderabad-based IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Ltd, a company that specialises in water treatment systems, has bagged a Rs 900 crore seawater desalination project to end Chennai's water crisis and supply drinking water to the city. IVRCL will construct a seawater desalination plant on design, build, own, operate and …
Delhi has been waiting. For its neighbour, Uttar Pradesh (up), to release water to its swank Sonia Vihar water treatment plant. The prime minister himself intervenes in the matter. He persuades up to release water. Only to be rebuffed by up political leaders, who say their farmers and cities need …
function impct() { var popurl="image/20050430/27-pdf.pdf" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=550,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } The government's favourite strategy is to construct sewage treatment plants (stps). The rush began in 1995. First, there was a plan to build and make operational 14 stps by 1997. In 1998, another two were contemplated. By 2000, 8 were under different stages …
the supply of recycled water for Bangalore's public parks has not started yet, although, a year ago, the Karnataka government banned the use of potable water and groundwater in such places. The reason: the Bangalore City Corporation (bcc) has no vehicles to transport recycled water from Bangalore Water Supply and …
researchers in Maharashtra have found powdered leaves of common trees such as neem, pipal and khair can remove fluoride from drinking water. Ingested daily, even as little as 6 milligramme of fluoride can cause fluorosis, which is endemic in 17 states in the country. Scientists from Yavatmal-based Jawaharlal Darda Institute …
A study to assess the supply of drinking water quality in Delhi, by examining the various physico-chemical parameters, namely pH, conductivity, TDS, SS, DO, BOD, COD, calcium and magnesium hardness, total hardness, alkalinity, salinity, turbidity of the pre-treated water samples from Bhagirathi, Wazirabad, Chandrawal, Haiderpur and Okhala Water Treatment Plants …
A cruel summer has been left behind. Pipes are gurgling to life and the surge of water tankers on Chennai's streets is on the ebb. People and leaders are now free to discuss issues non-aqueous. There are even days when Chennai's papers skip the almost mandatory columns devoted to water. …
The Centre For Scientific Research Trust (csr), Auroville, Pondicherry has pioneered the decentralised wastewater treatment system in India. Tency Baetens of this organisation speaks to R K Srinivasan What is the wastewater treatment system promoted by your organisation? csr promotes natural wastewater treatment. We are currently promoting the decentralised wastewater …
is it possible to appropriately manage sewage without entirely depending on sophisticated equipment? The answer could be yes, judging by the endeavour of a few companies in Gurgaon. Since 2003, the units have been managing their waste with the help of effective microorganisms (em) technology, which entails use of bacteria …
