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 …
To supply potable water to the city residents in accordance with standards approved by World Health Organization (WHO), Capital Development Authority (CDA) will hire a multinational company to run its 32 water filtration plants installed in various sectors.
Citing financial and environmental reasons, Gov. David A. Paterson signed an executive order on Tuesday directing state agencies to phase out the purchase and use of bottled water at government workplaces. As a result, the state will gradually stop buying single-serve water bottles and larger, cooler-sized water bottles. Each executive …
Drinking-water quality is an issue of concern for human health in developing and developed countries world-wide. The risks arise from infectious agents, toxic chemicals and radiological hazards. Experience highlights the value of preventive management approaches spanning from water resource to consumer. WHO produces international norms on water quality and human …
The physico-chemical and bacteriological characteristics of ground water samples collected in Dharmapuram village, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu was assessed.
Ahmedabad : Residents of Swastik Tenements near Indira bridge in Hansol are being made to live without clean drinking water for last three months. The residents say sewage is leaking into their main water line. They have been forced to use contaminated water despite repeated complaints to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation …
Ahmedabad companies found selling contaminated drinking water bottled water in Ahmedabad may not be safe. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has found faecal bacteria in samples of water from three bottling plants last month. No action has been taken against the erring firms yet. The corporation carried out tests on 23 …
Jipson Sikhera KOCHI: The summer is on and the sale of bottled drinking water has gone up drastically. But are we really buying drinking water which has undergone stringent quality tests? While a large number of brands are available in the market with BIS certification, only a few adhere to …
CHENNAI: A team of officials from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai, conducted a raid in Choolaimedu on Tuesday to check the misuse of ISI mark on packaged drinking water. According to a press release, substantial quantities of fake ISI-marked packaged drinking water in 20-litre pet jars were seized …
London: Beware of bottled mineral water, which you may be drinking under the impression that it is perfectly clean and safe. Researchers in Germany have found evidence of chemicals containing the hormone oestrogen leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. These findings show for the first time that …
By Manish Sharma The health of any river is vital to the well-being of the country and its people World Water Day observed earlier this week, is an International day which draws attention to the plight of more than 1 billion people world wide who lack access to clean, safe …
Responding to rising threat of water scarcity and associated environmental concerns, the government on Tuesday finalised national drinking water policy and quality standards.
The Ministry of Environment has revived the Clean Drinking Water project worth Rs 6 billion and it will be initiated soon. This was announced by the Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi while addressing a press conference in connection with World Water Day here on Tuesday. United Nations …
With the advent of summer, diarrhoea has broken out in an epidemic form in the capital city of Dhaka mainly due to scarcity of pure drinking water. More than one thousand diarrhoea-affected people were admitted to the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) during last two days, according …
THE Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) has said that the government must take efforts to provide clean drinking water to eradicate the dangers posed by bottled water. PMK
BWSSB officials have blamed recent instances of water contamination on the presence of "illegal and unauthorised pipelines" in "slums and low-lying areas."
AMC serves losure noticesto' major companies Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) served closure notices to at least three major companies selling bottled water in residential and commercial neighbourhoods in the city after they failed tests for purity. These companies held licences issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). AMC …
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: If racketeers bottling water containing harmful microbial organisms in appalling conditions and peddling it as an ISI marked product were posing a grave risk to public life, licensed '1ST manufacturers fare no better. "Getting licence for bottling and selling packaged drinking water …
Ahmedabad: Who is responsible and accountable to the unsuspecting consumers being fooled by racketeers who are peddling illegally ISI marked 'packaged drinking water? Is it Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) who issues ISI license for packaged drinking water plants if they comply with the prescribed standards? Or is it the …
Action After TOI Expose On Bottled Water Scam Team TOI Ahmedabad: Several agencies swung into action on Monday after the TOI expose on the bottled water racket and how it posed a health risk on the users. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which raided one such illegal bottling plant in …
