Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)

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

Source: 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

Source: 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

Source: 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

Source: 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

Source: Central Water Commission (CWC)

Tags:

Water Quality, River Pollution, Rivers, India, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)

Environment

Effluent quality monitoring system installed at MIDC

PUNE: A Swiss-based process automation company recently installed an effluent quality monitoring system (EQMS) at Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)'s Ranjangaon government-facil

Publication Date:

01/09/2017

Source: Times Of India (Pune)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Pune (T), Industrial Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmental Security, Environment

Water Pollution

Pollutants kill fish at Dhanas, Sukhna lakes

Dhanas Lake: In a repeat episode of mass mortality of big fish at Dhanas lake on July 12, 2015, the lethal combination of high humidity, low cloud cover and pollutants has led to more fish dying on

Publication Date:

22/08/2017

Source: Times of India (Chandigarh)

Tags:

Punjab, Chandigarh, Sukhna, Lake Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Now, industries polluting Ganga under live monitoring

LUCKNOW: Over the past two weeks, close to 3,750 SMSes and e-mail alerts have been issued to industries generating more than the permissible limit of pollutants in the Ganga basin.

Publication Date:

06/07/2017

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Ganga, River Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Industrial Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Pollution

Water Pollution