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 …
A new study suggests pharmaceuticals and chemicals from personal care products end up in swimming pools, possibly interacting with chlorine to produce disinfection byproducts with unknown properties and health effects. Chlorination is used primarily to prevent pathogenic microorganisms from growing. Previous research has shown that many constituents of urine including …
However, Bill Gates has backed a new hi-tech water plant than could bring clean water to Africa - and has even drunk it. The Microsoft founder has backed a Seattle firm's radical machine that uses a combination of steam and filters to convert human waste into water the firm says …
In its 2014 State of the Bay Report, which was released Monday, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found that the bay’s water quality has improved slightly but that the gains were offset by declines in the blue crab and rockfish populations. “While we can celebrate water-quality improvements, we must acknowledge that …
BEIJING - The Egongyan Bridge in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality is truly a "bridge over troubled water", as the discolored current passing beneath it is thick with excrement and urine. On Sunday, pictures of septic water flowing into the Yangtze River, China's most important waterway, went viral and caused a …
Irish Water and local officials have been urged to “bang heads together” to find a quick solution to a contaminated water supply in Co Galway which could affect about 1,000 people for two years. A boil water notice was issued to residents of Williamstown in late October and is likely …
Information System Organisation (ISO) of Water Planning & Projects Wing (WP&P;) in CWC is a statistical unit of CWC entrusted in compiling data collected by CWC field offices and bringing out publications for backing up data for planning and policy formulation and researchers relating to water resources. Among these publications …
The Central Water Commission is regularly documenting water resources and related data in its publications entitled "Water and Related Statistics". The present handbook namely, "Hand Book on Water & Related Information" gives details primarily on the progress of major and medium projects.
In the Alberta oil sands region, insufficient knowledge of pre-disturbance reference conditions has undermined the ability of the Regional Aquatics Monitoring Program (RAMP) to detect pollution of the Athabasca River, because sampling began three decades after the industry started and the river naturally erodes oil-bearing strata. Here, we apply a …
Public Accounts Committee (2014-15) present this Eighth report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on water pollution in India based on C&AG; Report No. 21 of 2011-12, Union Government for the year ended March 2012 related to the Ministry of Environment and Forest. The above mentioned Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as fluoride contamination is known to cause a host of health problems in humans, its impact on reproductive system and fertility in the population of the affected districts of Odisha is set to become the subject of a comprehensive probe. The Centre for Human Reproduction (CHR) of IMS …
Surface and ground water are systems linked with each other. In coastal region salanization problem is significant for groundwater contamination. The transition of ground water in to the surface waters contributes a noticeable change in teh ground water environment besides heavy metal cycling. Due to natural and anthropogenic activities the …
The purpose of the action plan is to provide the tools to plan Bangalore’s resilience, as well as the capacity to act among city leaders, infrastructure and service providers and amongst the community. The urban diagnostic and the subsequent action planning has demonstrated that water and sanitation are fundamental to …
Central Water Commission (CWC), Government of India has undertaken the task of conducting, “Cumulative Impact and Carrying Capacity Study of Subansiri basin including Downstream Impact in Brahmaputra River Valley” with an objective to assess the cumulative impacts of hydropower development in the basin. Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for River Valley …
JAGATSINGHPUR: Many rivers, considered the lifeline of Jagatsinghpur, have either dried up or are polluted with industrial waste and sewage. One such river is Alaka that flows through Biridi, Jagatsinghpur, Balikuda, Raghunathpur and Nuagaon blocks. The river stretches up to Erasama and joins the sea at Boitakulia under Erasama block. …
