Water Pollution

NGT appointed panel proposes Talpona River rejuvenation

CANACONA: River Rejuvenation Committee constituted by the order of the National Green Tribunal has proposed the implementation and execution of the action plan to rejuvenate the polluted stretches

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Water Pollution
Environment

Notice to 14 industrial units for flouting pollution norms

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has issued show-cause notices to 14 large and medium-scale industrial units for releasing untreated water effluents into drains and not complying w

Publication Date: 
24/04/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Environment
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Musi at Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/04/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mohammed Nayeem Pasha & Others Vs The State of Telangana & Others dated 05/04/2019 regarding pollution of river Musi at Hyderabad (Telangana). The river is contaminated due to disposal of industrial and domestic sewage effluents into it.

Judgement Date: 
05/04/2019
Tags:
Musi, River Pollution, Hyderabad, Telangana, Sewage Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Disposal, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Faecal Coliforms, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Identification of Polluted Rivers, 08/02/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Identification of Polluted Rivers, 08/02/2019. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) monitors the water quality of rivers across the country, including Gangetic region, through a network of monitoring stations under the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme.

Publication Date: 
Friday, February 8, 2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
River Pollution, India, Statistics, Parliament, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Water Pollution

7 polluted rivers under NGT scanner

Pollution control board to submit action plan before green tribunal by January 31

Publication Date: 
10/01/2019
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Beas, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Draft criteria for prioritization of polluted river location

The water quality data is required to be analyzed and primarily average values of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Faecal Coliform (FC) need to be estimated. Then, based on the total score estimated for the parameters BOD (weightage- 70 %) and FC (Weightage- 30 %), the monitoring location is identified as ‘polluted’ location.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
River Pollution, Water Quality, India, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Faecal Coliforms
Environment

Pollution forces Chennai refinery to shut unit

CHENNAI: The Central Pollution Control Board has forced a petrochemicals company to shut down one of its two plants in Manali here on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2018
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Industrial Pollution, Environment Act 1986, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Environment
Environment

Environment (Protection) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2018 (Final Notification on Environmental Standards for Man-Made Fibre Industry)

The draft rules. namely the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2018 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, as required under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules,1986, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment. Forest and Climate Change vide number G.S.R.

Publication Date: 
09/11/2018
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Environment, Industry, India, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Water Pollution

Hussainsagar pollution goes up post immersion

HYDERABAD: Pollution levels in Hussainsagar have increased due to immersion of thousands of idols during the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, according to a report released on Saturday by the Telanga

Publication Date: 
08/10/2018
Times Of India (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Hyderabad (T), Hussain Sagar, Water Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Water Pollution

Report on river stretches for restoration of water quality: state wise and priority wise

The number of critically polluted stretches of the country's rivers has increased to 351 from 302 two years ago, and the number of critically polluted stretches has gone up to 45 from 34, according to this recent assessment released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Publication Date: 
28/09/2018
CPCB
Tags:
River Pollution, Water Quality, India, Statistics, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

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