Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
In this paper, a concept of ecological sanitation has been discussed in details. Ecological sanitation (ecosan) is a system designed for making sanitation and agriculture complementary, as it aims at reuse of reclaimed nutrients to the soil, and conserve valuable water resources. The ecosan systems are proved to be resource …
The quintessential example of large scale municipal wastewater reuse is the new Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System in Orange County, CA. The system treats clarified secondary municipal wastewater effluent and, utilising microfiltration, reverse osmosis and advanced oxidation to produce 70mgd of reclaimed water.
The need of new approaches for wastewater management and environmental demands worldwide is challenging product manufacturers to develop advanced technology. Scientists, engineers and regulators are exploring innovative ways of testing new approaches and thinking about how to accomplish and manage decentralised wastewater treatment.
The biggest challenge facing humankind is to reconcile the impact of humans with the ability of our planet Earth to provide resources and absorb waste. This "crisis" presents a potentially pivotal opportunity for architects, who have a crucial role to play in addressing this challenge. Sustainable cities are the building …
The need of new approaches for wastewater management and environmental demands worldwide is challenging product manufacturers to develop advanced technology.
Junk iron from scrap yards to clean polluted water IN 1983 the entire Mianus river bridge in Connecticut, US, collapsed when the bearings rusted internally. Rusting thus proved to be a bane. But a bane can be turned into a boon. A group of researchers from China used scrap iron …
The production of water in Delhi has increased by around 40 MGD and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is expected to add 29 MGD more in next two months through Water Recycling Plants even then a huge gap between demand and supply persists. The present water production in Water Treatment …
New Delhi: Constructed at a cost of Rs 26.59 crore, the Delhi Jal Board on Monday commissioned its first waste water recycling plant in Haiderpur. The Haiderpur water treatment plant (WTP), which has an average production capacity of 200 million gallons per day (MGD), will now be able to supply …
Pulp and paper mill requires a huge quantity of water and accordingly a substantial amount of spent liquor is generated. In this study purification of lignosulphonates (LS) present in spent sulphite liquor, a pulp and paper mill effluent was studied using continuous diafiltration.
As a pioneer in sustainable development, Singapore has been approached by the World Bank to provide technical assistance on urban planning in neighbouring countries. Vicente Carbona analyses Singapore
The overall objective of this research was the assessment of sugar beet industrial wastewater (SIW) which could affect soil hydraulic property. A completely randomized design (CRT) was employed with irrigation treatments and three replications in a plant located in the east of Isfahan during summer 2008.
Householders in Australia would be charged for each flush under a radical new toilet tax designed to help beat the drought, reports Perth Now. The scheme would replace the current system, which sees sewage charges based on a home
- Englishbazar civic body to build 4 reservoirs Englishbazar Municipality is set to receive Rs 55 crore for its drinking water project in a week, chairman of the civic body Narendranath Tiwari said here today. Tiwari said Bengal urban development and municipal affairs minister Asok Bhattacharya had given him
State Minister for Housing and Public Works Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan on Monday said, Taka 1,480 crore Hatirjheel-Begunbari canal project in the city would be completed in scheduled time on priority basis for the greater public interest. He told BSS that implementation of Hatirjheel-Begunbari canal project, at the centre of …
Wastewater reclamation has become a viable alternative to supplement water supplies in water short areas. In particular, membrane treatment has played an important role in purifying the water cost effectively. Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have been shown to significantly reduce total dissolved solids, heavy metals, organic pollutants, viruses, bacteria and …
Ozone technology has been used for the past two decades or more. It is, however, only now that its use in wastewater treatment has been recognized. The location of ozone use in wastewater treatment determines the goal of treatment. At the same time, ozone finds use in each stage of …
