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 …
When the city of American Falls, Idaho (USA) was looking to replace an existing chlorination system for the disinfection of municipal wastewater, a primary concern was for a disinfection system that eliminated the dangerous chemical byproducts of the chlorination process. To meet these demands, the municipality turned to ITT for …
In 1999, the Israeli government initiated a long-term, large scale SWRO (Sea Water Reverse Osmosis) desalination program. The program is designed to provide to the growing demands on Israel's scarce water resources, and to mitigate the drought conditions that have characterized most years since the mid 1990s.
This handbook is prepared as per the requirements of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS), Government of India having following objectives: Identification of existing technologies for providing safe drinking water in the country; Data and information collection on various drinking water treatment technologies with tentative cost estimates; Suggestive O&M; …
Delhi wants Haryana to release more water at Tajewala for its use or ensure that the entire quantum is supplied right up to its water treatment plants within the city limits. The Delhi Jal Board has written to the Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) suggesting that Haryana should either be …
How does a city-state that has no natural water body, very little groundwater and even less land to store rainwater quench the thirst of its five million people? Singapore faces this question just as one of its 50-year water import agreement with Johor, now a part of Malaysia, expires in …
It is often said that if you see someone in the Lion City (Singa-pura) with oriental features and in good humour, he or she must be either a Filipino or a Filipina. The average Singaporean does not emote freely. They ensure their intentions are not misinterpreted; rarely do they smile, …
The global water market could be worth $800 billion by 2035, with Asia making up half that value as rapid economic growth and a rising population boosts demand, the president and chief executive of Finnish chemicals firm Kemira said on Friday. Some experts foresee the water market hitting $1 trillion …
Fluoride concentrations of less than 1 milligram/liter can easily be achieved by utilization of a new adsorption method based on a regenerable aluminium doped chelating resin.
The water supply to the Latur city was earlier managed by Latur Municipal Corporation (LMC) and had faced major problems in terms of supplying water to its citizens due to source limitations and very poor water supply accounting. From LMC, the water management function was transferred to Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran …
This case study reports on the application of fractional electrodeionization (FEDI) in the production of high purity deionized water. The advantages of this two-stage dual voltage technology over conventional electrodeionization (EDI) are discussed, including better quality of treated water, ability to handle feed water fluctuations, optimized power consumption, and quick …
At least 35 persons fell ill, after they came in contact of chlorine gas that leaked from the closed BHEL’s water treatment plant situated right in front of the State Assembly building on Monday night. The victims have been admitted to JP Hospital where their condition is reportedly stable. Two …
KRISHNAGAR, 7 AUG: The state public health engineering department (PHE) today started two water supply projects at Kashiadanga in Nakashipara and Bhagyabantapur in Kaliganj to provide arsenic-free drinking water to the residents of the areas. The public health engineering minister, Mr Subrata Mukherjee, and minister for commerce and industries Mr …
An acute water shortage has gripped parts of the capital despite promises of smooth water supply from the authority during Ramadan. The crisis stemmed from power shortages that left many water pumps inoperative, Liakat Ali, deputy managing director of Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa), told The Daily Star yesterday. …
This document “Guide Manual: Water and Wastewater Analysis” is to cater the need of evolving a simplified code of practice for the laboratories engaged in carrying out water quality assessment under Hydrology Project -II. Development and proper use of such a manual by concerned laboratories brings homogeneity for ensuring quality …
The government of Japan completed the project for the installation of seven water filtration plants in Karachi, worth $90,952 (approximately Rs 7.7 million) in collaboration with Al-Khidmat Foundation under the scheme of the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), on July 20, 2011. The inauguration ceremony took place …
KARACHI, July 20: A Japan-funded project initiated in collaboration with the Al-Khidmat Foundation under the ‘Grant assistance for grassroots human security projects’ was inaugurated at a ceremony held here on Wednesday. Under the $90,952 (approximately Rs7.7 million) project, seven water filtration plants have been installed in Karachi. The ceremony was …
REMOVAL of organic toxins from groundwater requires chemical additives, which are expensive and environmentally hazardous. Now researchers at the University of Kentucky in the UK have developed a novel technique to break down such contaminants. The new purification system uses two highly porous membranes to generate purifying hydroxyl radicals. Till …
This document by the World Health Organisation, for the first time, sets forth global criteria to evaluate whether a household water treatment option reduces waterborne pathogens sufficiently to protect health. Through use of a risk-based framework and by emphasizing the philosophy of incremental improvement, it is intended to provide implementers …
Clean and safe drinking water is a basic human need and providing it for everybody would be the greatest achievement by 2025. Out of 6 billion people on earth not more than one six lacks access to potable water. Also of the total water resources only 1% of fresh water …
Government and foreign missions officials on Wednesday gave importance on using surface water to reduce pressure on groundwater. They made the observation while visiting the Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Phase II project in the capital. Dhaka WASA managing director Taqsem A Khan said Saidabad project phase II started in April …
