Report questions Mumbais claim of safe water coverage
Mumbai, the financial capital of India and the fifth largest city in the world, has some bad news in store. The Human Development Report has questioned its claim of being able to provide a 90% coverage of safe water. The report has pointed out that about half of Mumbai total …
GE Water to set up desalination plant for Tata Chem unit
GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of GE Infrastructure, has bagged the contract for setting up a water desalination plant for Tata Chemicals in Metapur in Gujarat. The mobile seawater project, the first desalination plant in the country, will be set up on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis for a …
Tata chemicals awards project to GE water
GE water and process technologies a unit of GE infrastructure announced that it has won its first sea water desalination plant project in India form Tata chemicals Ltd The contract is valued at $6.5 million.
Bottled water companies face squeeze
To provide safeguards against hazards of overexploitation and tighten the noose around the multi-million crore bottled water and soft drink industry in the country, the Centre is now planning a clear-cut policy on the ownership of groundwater and its pricing in the country. Ecologically and culturally, water is priceless and …
Karnataka asks Centre to reveal stand
Karnataka today requested the Union water resources ministry to file objections to the petition filed by Goa opposing the Kalasa-Bhandura drinking water project being executed by the State.
200 crore to boost water network
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has drawn up a plan to bring 85 per cent of the city's population within the filtered surface water network by 2009. It is investing over Rs 200 crore for the project. At present, 62 per cent of the population is supplied with filtered surface …
Agra faces acute water shortage
The water crisis in Agra that had begun in the late summer months aggravated last week. Water supply to most of the city was shut down by the water works following discovery of huge volumes of pollutants in water storage tanks of the city. Though the supply of water was …
Capital faces water crisis
Large parts of South and East Delhi are once again in the midst of a severe water crisis as Uttar Pradesh has not been supplying the promised 300 cusecs of raw water to the 140 MGD Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant due to which it is only being able to …
Packaged water days are over!
Rajesh Patel, has made up his mind to quit the reverse osmosis (RO) filter company job. Reason? Takers for RO units have suddenly dipped, he says. "Six people in the last week have refused to buy the units. They said they would like to wait for Narmada water before making …
Haryana announces Rs 370-crore water scheme
In one of the biggest water schemes in the country, the Haryana government has announced individual tap water connection for every household in both rural and urban areas in the state. The scheme is going to cost the state government more than Rs 370 cr. This is considered to be …
UP reduces supply to Sonia Vihar again, tankers back in south, east
The joy of UP resuming supply of raw water to Sonia Vihar plant last week after nearly a month's dry spell has proved to be a short-lived one. Instead of the required 300 cusecs, Delhi is getting just one-third and the 140-million gallons daily (MGD) Sonia Vihar plant is able …
Drinking water contaminated :Study
The recent cases of dysentery and diarrhoea as reported from the old areas of the city in August can be directly linked to the findings of the ITRC post monsoon environment Assessment Report. The findings indicate that the drinking water of the industrial areas were found to be contaminated with …
Water levy in Salt Lake
Come January 1, residents of Salt Lake will have to pay for the water in their taps. This decision was taken at a chairman-in-council meeting held on Thursday. "Water tax is being levied to finance the upgrade of sewerage and drainage systems and other development projects,' said Tapas Chowdhury, sub-divisional …
Water crisis in bird sanctuary
One of the cultural heritage of the world Kevladev national bird sanctuary Bharatpur Rajasathan could be saved only by the Chambal river which is the lifeline of the area. Due to the laxity of the concerning officials this national bird sanctuary is also facing water crisis. In this situation the …
Policy change: Water may cost less in new areas
Almost 70 per cent of the population in the newly-merged areas of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) are likely to be affected by the new water policy to be decided in the next two months by AMC. The policy will give residents an idea about what charges they will bear for …
City reservoirs fast filling up
The four reservoirs networked to the city's water supply system have been well replenished after the past week's heavy rain. Further rain in surrounding areas will improve the levels and the reservoirs could record a surplus. Poondi, the most important reservoir, has been receiving inflow from the River Krishna besides …
Uncertainty over Rongmahal water scheme inauguration
Amidst much public enthusiasm, the Rongmahal water supply scheme was launched in 2004 at a cost of Rs 1.50 crores (approx) in a public meeting held beside the Bihlongini Hills for providing potable water to nearly a lakh of villagers under Rudreswar panchayat area for which water was drawn out …
BMC all set for water audit
The civic administration is moving full steam ahead with a plan to study the existing infrastructure for water supply and gauge the extent of its wastage. The move - regarded by many as a precursor to privatisation - will see BMC appointing a consultant to carry out a comprehensive audit …
