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IIT-M incubated startup sets up next gen wastewater treatment technology in Erode industriesCalled as 'Bio-Electrochemical Anaerobic Digestor System (BEADS)', this technology delivers cost savings, energy recovery and carbon reduct...
Water of Ganga river unfit for bathing at several places in Bihar: Economic SurveyThe water quality of the Ganga river in Bihar is unfit for bathing due to high bacteriological contamination from untreated sewage. The Bih...
Microplastics in river Cauvery may be harming fish, finds an IISc study“Over the years, I have cherished going to the backwaters of the Krishna Raja Sagara [KRS] Dam and having fried fish on the Cauvery Riverba...
Water quality of major rivers in UP not as per norms: CAGThe UP Pollution Control Board failed to take appropriate action against the defaulters like municipal authorities and industries.
- Govt to change law to act against polluting industries on the basis of online evidence
Government issues closure notices to 141 polluting unitsNotices were also issued to 3,145 highly polluting industries under 17 categories for installation of 24x7 continuous effluent/emission mon...
Government notifies stricter standards for sugar industryWith an aim to minimising water pollution, the Centre has notified "stricter" environmental standards for sugar industry operating in vario...
Center notifies revised standards for CETPs to minimise water pollutionThe Center has notified revised standards for Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), operating at various industrial clusters in the cou...
Rs 5,000 crore spent on cleaning, still Yamuna stinksGovernments have spent nearly Rs 5,000 crore, yet its water continues to be heavily polluted, mostly by coliform, indicating direct dischar...
302 dirty river stretches identified by central pollution bodyCentre has been supplementing the efforts of the state governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers.
Stop use of polluted river water, NGO pleads in high courtThe Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch, petitioners in the river pollution case who were asked by the Bombay high court on April 8 to file ...
Haryana plans reduce Bio Chemical Oxygen Demand of Ghaggar: CM Manohar Lal KhattarHaryana will follow the "SBR" technology in which automatically brings down the BOD level to 10 MLD in the long run- Manohar Lal Khattar
New method can turn sawdust into petrolScientists at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium used a new chemical process to convert the cellulose in sawdust into hy...
New method can turn sawdust into petrolScientists at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium used a new chemical process to convert the cellulose in sawdust into hydrocarbon ch...
Ganga water quality has improved: StudyThe chloride level too decreased significantly from 26 to 16 mg/l and the TDS (total dissolved solids) came down to 102 from as high as 210...
Govt has identified over 3,200 polluting industries: JavadekarThe government on Wednesday informed Parliament that it had identified 3,266 highly polluting industries and 150 polluted stretches along v...
- Pollution takes a toll on aquatic life in 150 river stretches
Discharge of untreated water into various rivers has left 150 river stretches across the country completely polluted. The level of contamin...
- Notices to Vijay Mallya's breweries in Goa for polluting rivulet
Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued notices to Vijay Mallya's United Breweries and United Spirits for releasing untreated sewage.
- Ganga water contamination exceeds permissible limit
Bacterial contamination in the Ganges has exceeded the maximum permissible limit at a number of locations even as 80 per cent of pollution ...
- Lack of fresh water in Yamuna has taken toll on water quality
Increasing effluents and sewage coupled with lack of fresh water in Yamuna during lean period has taken a toll on the water quality of the ...