The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of UASB reactor for treating municipal wastewater. The study has been conducted for the UASB reactor installed at Tapovan, Nashik in Maharashtra during the year 2005.
Anaerobic treatment of industrial waste water has gained considerable importance in the past decade. Research and development programme has been pursued by both engineers and microbiologists resulting in a better understanding of the microbiology of anaerobic reactions and reactor design.
CIWEM has backed this year's sanitation-themed World Water Day and issued a reminder that billions of people have no access to adequate sanitation. The UK-based Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) said March 22 should highlight the plight of the 2.6bn people who do not have clean, reliable …
Speakers at a symposium yesterday said lack of hygienic sanitation facilities is seriously affecting safe water supply, environment and the public health situation in the district as well as in the country. Without ensuring sustainable sanitation facilities it is impossible to prevent water and environment pollution, they said at the …
Acute shortage of water at Kotri Barrage has pressed the panic button in the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Hyderabad, to replenish it's water lagoons for 15 days keeping in mind the fact that existing shortage, according to irrigation officials, is going to persist for around three weeks. When contacted, …
The United Nations has announced 2008 as the Year of Sanitation. This is at a time when at least 2.6 billion people - 41 per cent of the global population - do not have access to latrines or any sort of basic sanitation facilities. Sanjay Krishna, a volunteer, NGO Dhan …
Khulna Water and Sanitation Forum on Thursday called for ensuring safe drinking water and sanitation for the city dwellers. The organisation made the demand at a press conference held at Khulna Press Club. It also demanded full implementation of WASA in Khulna, formulation of a policy to ensure safe drinking …
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, on the occasion of World Water Day, has called for action to make a measurable difference in people's lives. World Water Day, the observance of which grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, will be …
It is not possible to totally stop the water in the WASA's supply line from being made dirty due to lack of continuous and full pressure of water in the pipeline which results in the seeping in of waste into the pipes due to negative pressure, said LGRD and cooperatives …
With a view to achieving sanitation for all by 2010, eco toilets will be set up soon in 4500 unions of the country. This was stated by LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal while addressing a press briefing at Cirdap auditorium in the city yesterday on the eve of the launching of …
Commuters at Bandra Terminus, Andheri and Borivali stations in the Western Railway will get to use deluxe toilets, for a price. Under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) scheme, these modern toilets will be constructed and owned by private parties, but eventually be transferred to the railways after about 15 …
All-or-nothing targets for global access to basic amenities such as drinking water and sanitation are outdated. The time has come for a more fluid approach. March 20, 2008
The Central Ground Water Board, Union Ministry of Water Resources, North Eastern Region, will observe the World Water Day on March 20 at the Institution of Engineers hall, Panbazar. The theme of the function will be
Two projects for sustainable sanitation and safe water supply systems in Dakop upazila of Khulna district have flopped due to use of low quality equipment, installation of improper equipment, water crisis and lack of training for using the new sanitation system. Modus operandi to implement the two projects is not …
* Seventy percent of the world's surface is covered by water but 97.5 percent of that is salt water. Of the remaining 2.5 percent that is freshwater, 68.7 percent is frozen in ice caps and glaciers. Less than one percent is available for human use. * More than 1.2 billion …
Lack of water supply in toilets, unfenced school campuses, inadequate support from the State government and local bodies have made the premises of many government schools in the southern suburbs of Chennai an unpleasant place for students and teachers. While some government institutions are model ones, many need a lot …
Minister-designate for local government and rural development, Bashir Ahmed Bilour, has said that the new provincial government will ensure obtaining its hydel net profit and due share of the revenue generated from the province's tobacco produce from the centre. Talking to delegations of notables of the city here on Tuesday, …
Fulfilling a long-standing demand of the residents and elected representatives, the Tiruneermalai town panchayat near Pallavaram has given a new look to sanitation complex in Vembuliamman Koil Street and thrown open the facility to public a couple of days ago. This move comes in the backdrop of a report in …
Three labourers died and another fell sick after inhaling poisonous gas after they entered into a septic tank of an under-construction building in Nagolkot Upazila town yesterday morning. Police said labourers Habibur Rahman, 19, and Abdullah, 20, fell sick when they entered into the septic tank of Nasiruddin for repairing. …
The NWFP government has decided to extend Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (RWSSP) for another year, as the UK Department for International Development (DFID) has approved an additional grant of
