Water Treatment Technology

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

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 …

Monsoon brings cheer to water purifier, RO makers

Sales of water purification systems usually pick up with the onset of the monsoon as susceptibility to various diseases, including water-borne ones, rises. Kent RO Systems Ltd chairman Mahesh Gupta says, "Having a water purifier does not solve the problem. The real solution lies in selecting one which fulfils the …

Eureka launches new water purifier

MUMBAI: Eureka Forbes has launched a new product AquaSure for safe and pure drinking water. The product, AquaSure 3PCTi storage water purifier, is powered with SureKit Shield which is the result of the company's research for over a decade in providing safe drinking water. The company has been in the …

Solution to water crisis lies in the seas

Hyderabad, July 13: Till a few years ago, electricity generation projects used to be set up close to where coal was available. They were called pit-head stations. But with increasing water shortage, power projects across the country are moving towards coastal areas thanks to new technology that desalinates water. More …

Alternative cost effective scheme for supply of chemically treated water to evaporative cooling system of SMS-1, Bhiliai Steel Plant

Steel Melting Shop-1 (SMS-1) is one of the prime shops of Bhilai Steel Plant, which has a capacity of producing 2.5 MT of crude steel. It follows the conventional route in which steel is produced through twin hearth furnaces and is cast as ingot moulds. An alternate cost effective arrangement …

Arsenate removal using mesoporus alumina

In this study, templated mesoporous silica material (MS) is modified by aluminium impregnation and arsenate removal kinetics is tested.

Closing the loop in water supply optimization

Large investments made in automation & control systems by water utilities over the last 20 years has produced necessary infrastructure for global optimization strategies.

Treatment for pollution from fire-fighting foam

Melbourne: An Australian team led by a scientist of Indian origin claims to have developed a groundbreaking solution for treating water and soil pollution from the toxic remnants of fire-fighting foam. Breakthrough This breakthrough comes at a time of growing global concerns over cancer and environmental risks of long-lasting chemicals …

Water purification plant at Marina

Installed at a cost of Rs.9 lakh, it can treat 9,000 litres every day New facility: Beach goers drink from the water purification plant that was inaugurated on the Marina beach on Tuesday. CHENNAI: Students of 25 more Chennai schools will get access to safe drinking water this year as …

RO plants, evaporators installed at effluent plants

Serena Josephine. M It will help in preventing groundwater and land pollution VANIYAMBADI: Reverse osmosis (RO) plants and mechanical evaporators have been installed at four common effluent treatment plants situated at Vaniyambadi and Ambur and are ready to be commissioned. Work on installing the facility at Pernambut plant is in …

Ramky Enviro, GE arm team up to offer water treatment solutions

Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd and GE Power & Water have signed an agreement, to work together and offer environment management solutions, including waste-water treatment and recycling. Under the agreement, the Hyderabad-based Ramky Enviro, part of the Ramky Group, will introduce the concept of mobile water treatment plants in the country. …

Removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions using chemically (Na2S) treated granular activated carbon as an adsorbent

Removal of Cd(II), Pb(II), Hg(II), Mn(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) by chemically (Na2S) treated granular activated carbon (GAC)has been found to be concentration, pH, contact time, adsorbent dose and temperature dependent. Adsorption isotherm studiesindicated that adsorptive behaviour of metal ions on chemically treated GAC satisfies Langmuir assumptions. Proposed methodhad potential application …

Microbial fuel cell - A promising green energy production technology from wastewater

Use of fuel cells is an alternate energy technology that is being studied for full-scale implementation. These can be classified into three subgroups: catalytic, enzymatic, and microbial. Microbial fuel cells are unique in their ability to utilize microorganisms, rather than an enzyme or inorganic molecule, as catalysts for converting the …

The real magic beans

the drumstick tree grows in any kind of soil and requires very little care. People have many uses for the flowers, beans and twigs of the Moringa oleifera, or the horseradish tree as it is also referred to. The beans, in fact, are almost magical. They may not lead to …

Ideas to save government money

There is something about India’s government machinery that makes it impervious to simple, low-cost solutions. It spends hundreds of crores of rupees to make available drinking water. The money, it is widely known, does not trickle down to villages that need potable water. The government knows it cannot achieve its …

Monitoring total organic carbon in wastewater

Manufacturers and wastewater municipalities that treat and discharge wastewater are concerned with regulatory compliance and controlling costs. Most facilities must comply with regulations, such as the US Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) Clean Water Act, and optimize their wastewater treatment processes. To help achieve both goals, many facilities use total organic …

GAC in potable water treatment

In potable water treatment, the volume of granular activated carbon (GAC) per filter is a major issue, both in commercial agreements and in filter design and operation. Once exhausted, the GAC is typically regenerated by thermal reactivation.

Large diameter SWRO system for copper-gold mine

Workers at Chilean copper-gold mine port facilities will soon be quenching their thirst with drinking water from an innovative new seawater reverse osmosis (RO) system supplied by Koch Membrane Systems (KMS).

Treating waste water for reuse How we can and why we must

Ranesh Nair, Isher J Ahluwalia : Water availability per capita in India is reaching critical levels, and with a much faster pace of urbanisation expected in the coming decades, treatment of waste water for returning to rivers and reuse in industry assumes great importance. Navi Mumbai has shown the way. …

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