Water Pollution

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Rankala lake caused due to releasing of sewage water from city area of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 14/12/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunil Kundlik Kemble & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/12/2015 regarding pollution of Rankala lake caused due to releasing of sewage water from city area of Kolhapur.  The issue was linked with cleaning of the river Panchganga which flows by the side of boundary of the Kolhapur city.

Judgement Date: 
14/12/2015
Tags:
Lake Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Kolhapur (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Maharashtra, Court, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Municipal Corporation
Water Pollution

Fresh norms to gauge water quality of rivers

PUNE: The Union government has come out with fresh guidelines to determine quality of water in rivers and other water bodies.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
Meenakshi Rohatgi
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Water Quality, Water Resources, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sewage Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Tests find Olympic water in Rio de Janeiro heavily polluted with raw sewage

New tests carried out by the Associated Press have found that the waters around Rio de Janeiro are heavily and dangerously contaminated, even 1Km out to sea.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2015
International Business Times
Tags:
Water Pollution, Brazil, Games, Sewage Pollution, Wastewater Treatment
Water Pollution

Sewage polluting pond where fish were found dead: MPCB

The officials of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), who inspected the Karave holding pond after hundreds of fish were found dead in it last Saturday, have found that it was still being pol

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
Vijay Singh
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Water Pollution, Fish, Sewage Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Municipal Corporation, Environmentalists
Water Pollution

Environmental and sanitary conditions of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro

Guanabara Bay is the second largest bay in the coast of Brazil, with an area of 384 km2. In its surroundings live circa 16 million inhabitants, out of which 6 million live in Rio de Janeiro city, one of the largest cities of the country, and the host of the 2016 Olympic Games. Anthropogenic interference in Guanabara Bay area started early in the XVI century, but environmental impacts escalated from 1930, when this region underwent an industrialization process.

Publication Date: 
20/11/2015
Giovana O. Fistarol, Felipe H. Coutinho, Ana Paula B. Moreira & et al
Frontiers in Microbiology
1-17
Tags:
Marine Pollution, Brazil, Eutrophication, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution
Water Pollution

MPCB slams civic body for overflowing Jayanti nullah

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Tuesday slammed the municipal corporation for failing to control the overflowing sewage water from Jayanti nullah.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2015
Times of India (Kolhapur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Kolhapur (T), Water Pollution, Sewage Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Municipal Corporation, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Environment

State seals Marina workers’ mosque over pollution

LAGOS State government has sealed-off the popular Marina workers’ mosque over pollution resulting from improper disposal of sewage in the worship centre located in the highbrow Lagos Business Distr

Publication Date: 
03/11/2015
Guardian (Nigeria)
Tags:
Environment, Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Nigeria, Africa, Waste Disposal
Water Pollution

NGT voices concern over execution of Clean Ganga project

The tribunal said time has come for it to issue appropriate directions in connection with cleaning of the river

Publication Date: 
30/10/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sewage Pollution, Water Pollution
Climate Change

Before we drown we may die of thirst

The island nation of Kiribati is one of the world's most vulnerable to rising sea levels. But residents may have to leave well before the ocean claims their homes.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
29/10/2015
Kenneth R. Weiss
Nature
526
624-627
Tags:
Kiribati, Water Supply, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, Groundwater Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Islands, Poverty
Sanitation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding sanitation and cleanliness of the Kalkaji Mandir Complex, New Delhi, 28/10/2015

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kalkaji Mandir Vikreta Sangathan-II & Ors Versus Piyush Joshi & Ors dated 28/10/2015 regarding sanitation and cleanliness of the Kalkaji Mandir Complex, New Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
28/10/2015
Tags:
Sanitation, Religious Places, Delhi, Supreme Court, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Sewage Pollution, Green Spaces, Toilets, Waste Disposal, Garbage

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