Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)

Hyd’s polluting industries to be moved to 19 villages

As part of its efforts to make Hyderabad a city with ‘zero industrial pollution’, the state government has identified 19 prime locations outside the Outer Ring Road (ORR) for moving polluting indus

Publication Date:

17/01/2017

Source: New Indian Express (Hyderabad)

Tags:

Telangana, Industrial Pollution, Hyderabad (T), Drug Industry, Medak, Nalgonda (D), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment

Groundwater Pollution

A report on assessment of pollution of drains carrying sewage /industrial effluent joining river Ganga and its tributaries (Kali-East/Ramganga) between Haridwar (Down) to Kanpur (Down)

The main causes attributed to the Pollution of River Ganga are due to disposal of industrial and domestic sewage effluent directly by drains or indirectly through tributaries.

Publication Date:

02/01/2017

Source: Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam

Tags:

River Pollution, Ganga, Ramganga, Haridwar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Sewage, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Drainage, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Waste

Industry

Regulating effluents from India’s textile sector: new commands and compliance monitoring for zero liquid discharge

The textile industry’sexcessive water use and contribution to ever-worsening environmental degradation in countries of production, particularly the so-called global South, is increasingly putting it under public scrutiny. However, this sector of the economy also provides important income opportunities to skilled and unskilled labor alike, not least women, and brings much-wanted economic growth. India was the third largest exporter of textiles in 2015and the sector generates direct employment to more than 45 million people, making it the second largest after agriculture.

Publication Date:

01/01/2017

Author(s): Jenny Grönwall, Anna C. Jonsson

Source: Law Environment And Development Journal

Vol:

13

Issue:

1

pp:

1-23

Tags:

Textile Industry, Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, Industrial Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Wastewater Recycling, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Common Effluent Treatment Plants, 29/11/2016. According to Central Pollution Control Board, 193 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) are installed in the country with combined capacity of 1474 Million Litres per Day (MLD) which is given at Annexure – I. There are 920 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in different States/UTs including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal out of which, 615 STPs are operational, 80 STPs are non-operational, 154 STPs are under construction and 71 STPs are under planning stage. The details of the STPs are given at Annexure – II.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Source: Lok Sabha

pp:

Tags:

Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), India, Statistics, Parliament, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), River Pollution

Environment

‘Pollution down in Vapi, Vatva and Ankleshwar’

The three most-critically polluted industrial clusters of Gujarat — Vapi, Vatva and Ankleshwar — have shown a marked improvement in pollution control, according to the latest Comprehensive Environm

Publication Date:

28/11/2016

Source: Times Of India (Ahmedabad)

Tags:

Gujarat, Vapi, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment

Environment

Why can’t you shift tanneries outside Kanpur, NGT asks UP

Jajmau, Unnao and Banther are the other big tannery hubs in Uttar Pradesh that

Publication Date:

22/11/2016

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, Kanpur (D), Unnao (D), Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Haridwar (T), Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment

Water Pollution

A report on assessment of pollution of drains carrying sewage /industrial effluent joining River Ganga and its Tributaries (Kali- East/Ramganga) between Haridwar Downstream to Kanpur Downstream

The main causes attributed to the Pollution of River Ganga are due to disposal of industrial and domestic sewage effluent joining to it directly by drains or indirectly through tributaries.

Publication Date:

21/11/2016

Source: Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam

Tags:

River Pollution, Ganga, Ramganga, Haridwar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Sewage, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Drainage, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Waste

Environment

Winter chill turns city into ‘gardabad’: Report

AHMEDABAD: These are the 'foul air' days of winter for people in Ahmedabad who live close to industrial estates or large municipal garbage dumps.

Publication Date:

17/11/2016

Source: Times Of India (Ahmedabad)

Tags:

Gujarat, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environmentalists, RSPM (PM 10), Environment

Environment

Another polluting unit shut down in TTC area

Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) closed a third polluting unit in Trans Thane Creek (TTC) area last Saturday.

Publication Date:

15/11/2016

Author(s): Sanjay Banerjee

Source: Times of India (Navi Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Waste, Environmental Health, Environment, Air Pollution

Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding M/s Aman Metals Finishers permission to operate its unit, Uttarakhand, 02/11/2016

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Aman Metals Finishers Vs. Uttrakhand Environment Protection and Pollution control Board dated 02/11/2016. M/s Aman Metal Finishers is the applicant seeking direction to permit it to operate its unit on the basis of provisional consent and authorization granted by Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board vide order dated 24.06.2016.

Judgement Date:

02/11/2016

Tags:

Industrial Pollution, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Waste, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)