Water Pollution

Polluting mill may get off lightly

Up to Rs 1-cr fine on cards

Publication Date: 
22/05/2018
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Beas, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Nitin Gadkari claims river Ganga to be 70-80% cleaner by March next year; experts remain sceptical over target

NEW DELHI: Despite staring at a huge gap between sanctioned and completed projects, the Union water resources minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday claimed that the result of Ganga cleaning works woul

Publication Date: 
11/05/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Dip in Godavari river turns harmful

The study also showed that the presence of faecal matter and solid waste that found its way into the river after holy dips.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2018
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Godavari, River Pollution, Environmentalists, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Near Imphal, hope floats for polluted Northeast lakes

It’s also a first in a major initiative that could be replicated across the region to monitor the rising pollution in its water bodies and put in place preventive measures.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Manipur, Lake Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Water Quality, Water Pollution
Environment

2700 industrial units under pollution board’s scanner

Haridwar: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has initiated scrutiny of 2,700 industrial units in Haridwar to determine whether they are followin

Publication Date: 
22/03/2018
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Industrial Pollution, Ganga, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Haridwar (D), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environment
Water Pollution

How clean is the Narmada? PCB to get real-time data

BHOPAL: M P Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) is pushing for a real-time testing of air and water quality in the state.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2018
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Narmada, River Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Water Pollution
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding discharge of untreated effluents from industries, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, 04/12/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashwini Kumar & Others Vs. Central Pollution Control Board dated 04/12/2017 regarding discharge of untreated effluents from industries, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. NGT was critical of the three reports submitted by the Joint Inspection Team saying it lacked "evidencery value and denies scientific reasoning" and cited that in two reports BOD at intlet is more than 5000 mg/l while in one report it is shown as 439 mg/l.

Judgement Date: 
04/12/2017
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Muzaffarnagar (D), Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Industrial Waste Treatment
Water Pollution

Despite barricades on ghats, Yamuna left a polluted mess after Chhath Puja

The usual chemical froth layer on the water of the Yamuna, there is now all kinds of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste lying on the ghats

Publication Date: 
30/10/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Yamuna, Water Pollution, Chhath Puja, Religious Beliefs, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), River Pollution
Water Pollution

Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2017 (Discharge Standard for Sewage Treatment Plants(STPs))

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely:- These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2017.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2017
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Faecal Coliforms, India, Urbanisation
Water Pollution

Draft report on water quality hotspots in rivers of India other than Ganga, Indus & Brahmaputra Basin

CWC is monitoring water quality at 429 stations spread all over India covering major river basins. The water quality data collected by CWC from the year 2012-13 to 2016-17 was analysed to find out the organic pollution in the rivers of India at various places.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2017
Central Water Commission (CWC)
Tags:
Water Quality, River Pollution, Rivers, India, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)

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