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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Jagat Narayan Viswakarma & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. And Ashwani Kumar Dubey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 13/05/2014 regarding the pollution of Gobind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Reservoir) caused by industries. …
NANJING - Tap water supply in Jingjiang in east China's Jiangsu Province resumed on Sunday morning after an odor was detected in the Yangtze River water source, said local authorities. Tap water supply resumes in E China city. City suspends water supply over suspected pollution. The city's emergency headquarters resumed …
Water distribution systems are vulnerable to performance deficiencies that can cause (re)contamination of treated water and plausibly lead to increased risk of gastrointestinal illness (GII) in consumers. The researchers reviewed published studies that compare direct tap water consumption to consumption of tap water re-treated at the point of use (POU) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Mr. Asim Sarode & Anr Vs The Collector of Nanded & Ors dated 12/03/2014 regarding high concentration of fluoride in the drinking water, Maharashtra. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/47-2013(WZ)(OA)_12Mar2014.pdf
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Madhusudan Sharma Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 27/01/2014 regarding contaminated water being supplied to some of the residential colonies in the city of Jaipur. By such act, few deaths have taken place and the health of the residents …
The water quality issue in Kashmir has not yet got its due importance. A comprehensive water quality monitoring program is indispensable to assess the water quality status of the national rivers. This paper assesses the monitoring data on water quality of the longest river of Kashmir Valley i.e., River Jehlum …
A mysterious chronic kidney disease is afflicting a large number of people in India and Sri Lanka. Despite decades of studies, scientists are yet to pinpoint the cause of the disease. Vibha Varshney travels to Sri Lanka and analyses the state of research, while Richard Mahapatra and M Suchitra report …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vijay Kumar Vs State of Punjab & Ors. dated 02/12/2013 regarding water pollution in Phagwara, District, Kapurthala, Punjab. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/230-2013(OA)_2Dec2013.pdf
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal censured officials of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) for its failure to file a comprehensive report on packaged drinking water units functioning in the State. Taking cognizance of a report in an English daily in March that revealed violations of …
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 …
The Chinese government will enhance monitoring of drinking water sources, control poisonous contaminants and step up early warning mechanisms to ensure drinking water safety, an environmental official told an ecological forum that concluded on Sunday. Ling Jiang, deputy director of the pollution prevention department under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, …
MADURAI: Even when many areas in the city struggle to get quality drinking water regularly, residents of Iravathanallur ward in Madurai Municipal Corporation (MMC) gets purified drinking water without fail. Even before its incorporation to the city corporation as ward 55, the people here had the foresight to invest in …
The study involves the determination of some environmentally important physico-chemical parameters of drinking water in the predominantly rural Goalpara district of Assam.
The Drinking Water Quality Monitoring protocol describes specific requirements for monitoring drinking water quality with a view to ensure provision of safe drinking water to the consumers. In addition, this document also includes requirements for setting-up laboratories at State, District and Sub-district level and their quality control for regular testing …
People, technology and alluvial flood plains of North Bihar by: Eklavya Prasad, Megh Pyne Abhiyan at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012)
The JMP Rapid assessment of drinking-water quality (RADWQ) was conceived by WHO and UNICEF to explore the quality of drinking-water from "improved" sources. Results in five pilot countries showed a wide range of conditions, from full compliance with the WHO Drinking-water Quality Guidelines to specific sources in a given country …
Drinking Water Quality Monitoring protocol describes specific requirements for monitoring drinking water quality with a view to ensure provision of safe drinking water to the consumers. In addition, this document also includes setting-up laboratories at State, District and Sub-district level and their quality control for regular testing and surveillance of …
A cruel joke has been played out at the expense of the Bhopal victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster. The Supreme Court had ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to file a report on the status of the ground water contamination at the Union Carbide plant site in …
If you think you are consuming packaged water and thus you are safe, you may be wrong. The report card of the State Health Department on water samples shows that water could be substandard, even if it is stored in a sealed container. Of the eight packaged drinking water samples …
The objective of the study was to estimate the disease burden attributable to unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene in China, to identify high-burden groups and to inform improvement measures.
