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 …
Compliance Report of Principal Secretary, Andhra Pradesh in OA NO 728 of 2023 (In re News item appearing in Hindustan dated 30.11.2023 titled Arsenic found in groundwater in 25 States, fluoride in 27 States Govt.). The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has said that the groundwater sources in seven districts …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Sheikh Shakir Vs Grasim Industries Ltd. Chemical Division & Others dated 09/02/2023. The NGT, acting on the complaint of industrial pollution against Grasim Industries Ltd. chemical division located in the town of Nagda, Madhya Pradesh directed …
A committee comprising nominees of the Central Pollution Control Board, District Magistrate, Sangrur, Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Punjab and Member Secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board was directed by the NGT to look into the matter of contamination of ground water in village Aloarakh, block Bhiwanigarh, district Sangrur. The …
The Ministry of Jal Shakti released the ‘Drinking water quality monitoring & surveillance framework’ for proper functioning of water quality testing laboratories, timely detection of any water quality contamination, redressal mechanism thus, ensuring quality of tap water and sources. This kind of monitoring at Department level and the community empowered …
Written submission by T. T. Rangasamy, President, Bhavaani Nadhineer Matrum Nilaththadi Neer on the report filed by the Joint Committee. The NGT, January 2, 2020 had directed for testing the water quality of Bhavani river throughout the stretch and find out its quality and suggest remedial measures - if the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Friends through its General Secretary Vs Ministry of Water Resources dated 29/06/2021. The matter dealt with the permissibility of use of reverse osmosis (RO) system where total dissolved solids (TDS) level is below a particular threshold and where RO system …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vijaysinh Dubbal & Others Vs MPCB & Others dated 19/10/2020. The matter relates to manufacturing plants, units of drinking water jars and cans without obtaining consent to operate and selling unpackaged and unsealed chilled water jars and cans. These are …
While regulating the use of RO system in the country, based on the TDS parameter, the concerned Local Bodies like Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Jal Nigam, Municipal Corporation, Jal Board, Municipalities, Private and Public sector agencies engaged in potable water supply, shall inform the consumers about the water sources …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Standards for Drinking Water, 28/11/2019. As per existing guidelines, IS 10500 is to be adopted for ensuring safe drinking water supply and States/ UTs have been advised to carry out testing of drinking water sources once in year for chemical and physical parameters and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re : Water Pollution by Tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh With In Re : Water Pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat & Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh dated 27/09/2019 control of pollution in River Ganga. The matter has …
This document provides practical guidance to support the development or revision of customized national or subnational drinking-water quality regulations and standards. The principles and guidance presented are broadly applicable across countries and contexts, including more resource-limited settings. Supporting examples from both lower- and higher-income countries are included. Drinking-water quality regulations …
When setting national drinking-water quality regulations and standards, many countries consider the WHO Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ). To better understand the extent to which the GDWQ are used and reflected in these standards, this global review summarizes information from 104 countries and territories on values specified in national drinking-water …
India’s tech hub, Bengaluru, may soon run out of water like Cape Town in South Africa, which is facing a severe water crisis, a statement from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said on Wednesday. “Bengaluru is one of the 10 metropolitan cities in the world that are quickly …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/02/2018. The Application have been moved by Delhi Jal Board seeking direction of this Tribunal to the Government of Haryana to urgently take steps to check and reduce alleged dangerous level …
The presence of diarrhoeagenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli in drinking water indicates faecal and sewage contamination. Testing the microbial quality of drinking water at source (n = 29) and households (n = 43) of 29 peri-urban villages of Bengaluru city, indicated that 80% and 93% of samples respectively were …
Abuja, Kaduna and Enugu — A Daily Trust independent water investigation reveals germs which are harmful to human health. Water samples obtained from different locations in Abuja, Lagos and Kaduna indicated the presence of microbiological organisms that exceeded the maximum permissible level by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the …
Seven-hundred young people who were sickened by tainted tap water in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan 16 years ago will collect government compensation, the provincial government said on Wednesday. Between 6,000 and 7,000 people became ill in 2001 after a parasite entered the drinking water system in North Battleford, a …
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, on Thursday, allowed an intervention application, against unpackaged drinking water suppliers, which alleged that product sold by such firms should be licensed in compliance with Food Safety and Standards (prevention and restrictions on sales) Act, 2011. The intervention was filed in …
About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily through hand-pumps and does not necessarily translate into sustainable and good quality service delivery. More than …
About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily through hand-pumps and does not necessarily translate into sustainable and good quality service delivery. More than …
