Environment

Extension to VECL against Supreme Court order: Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti

The extension was given to balance environmental protection as well as socio-economic well being.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2019
Daily News Analysis (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Supreme Court, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Industrial Waste, Environment
Environment

Closed tanneries operating clandestinely

Kanpur: River pollution control unit of Jal Nigam on Thursday alleged that the tanneries in Kanpur are closed on paper but are in reality being operated covertly.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
Times Of India (Kanpur)
Tags:
Kerala, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), River Pollution, Environment
Water Pollution

Gujarat Pollution Control Board joint report found groundwater worse than treated effluent

A report of groundwater pollution in Luna village accessed by an environment NGO has once again pointed to the alarming rate of groundwater contamination in the industrial belt in Padra in Vadodara

Publication Date: 
19/03/2019
Daily News Analysis (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Groundwater Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), NGO, Total Dissolved Solids, Water Pollution
Industry

Environment(Protection) Amendment Rules, 2018: standards for discharge of effluent from tannery industry

The following draft rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 which the Central Government proposes 10 issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment

Publication Date: 
01/08/2018
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Leather Industry, Industrial Pollution, India, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolved Solids
Water Pollution

China's water quality improves in first half of 2018: ministry

China’s overall water quality improved in the first half of this year, with 70 percent of groundwater samples taken from around the country deemed fit for human use, up from 67.9 percent a year ago

Publication Date: 
26/07/2018
Reuters
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Quality, China, Irrigation, Asia, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Health
Water Pollution

Revised Guidelines for Continuous Effluent Monitoring Systems

CPCB published the first guidelines on continuous online effluent quality monitoring in November, 2014 to facilitate industries in selection of right monitoring system for their matrix of effluent, its installation and data management. The experience gained with CEQMS over the last three years indicates enhanced compliance.

Publication Date: 
10/07/2018
CPCB
Tags:
Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Water Quality, India, Industrial Pollution, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), River Pollution
Water Pollution

Pollution in Pali river: NGT summons district collector

The National Green Tribunal today summoned the collector of Rajasthan's Pali district to explain the steps taken by the administration to control the pollution caused in Bandi river due to textile

Publication Date: 
14/06/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rajasthan, River Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

NGT orders closure of 350 polluting units in Taloja

NAVI MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday brought huge relief to people living along the Kasadi river and Panvel creek by ordering immediate closure of 350 polluting industries in

Publication Date: 
31/05/2018
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, River Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Industrial Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Chemical Contamination of Rivers, 09/03/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Chemical Contamination of Rivers, 09/03/2018. There are 38 rivers, 27 lakes, 3 ponds and 18 tanks which are critically polluted having a COD concentration of more than 250 mg/l, which is the discharge standard for a polluting source such as sewage treatment plants and industrial effluent treatment plants. The State-wise list of these polluted rivers, lakes, ponds and tanks are given in Annexure.

Publication Date: 
Friday, March 9, 2018
Lok Sabha
Tags:
River Pollution, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), India, Statistics, Parliament
Industry

Environment (Protection) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2016: Standards for discharge of effluents from textile industry

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) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2016.

Publication Date: 
10/10/2016
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Textile Industry, Industrial Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolved Solids, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), India

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