Water Pollution

Save the Ganga

I am travelling with the Ganga yatra which is a pilgrimage to save the river Ganga. The Ganga is India

Publication Date: 
13/12/2010
Vandana Shiva
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Chipko Movement, Forests, Himalaya, Dams, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Vadodara, surat bag key jnnurm awards

Vadodara/Surat: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) stormed the annual awards for implementation of the JnNURM scheme by winning three key awards.
The city got awards for project implementation, improvement in water supply and waste water sector, and implementation of pro-poor reforms. Surat was the another city from the state to get an award for best services to the urban poor.

Publication Date: 
04/12/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Vadodara (T), Surat (T), Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Awards, Water Supply, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Water Pollution

Environmental and social management framework of National Ganga River Basin Authority: a consultation draft

This document in two volumes deals with the Environmental and Social Management Framework of National Ganga River Basin Authority established by the government for comprehensive management of the river.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)
Tags:
River Pollution, India, Ganga, Environment Management, Industrial Pollution, Irrigation, River Basin, Sewage Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Conservation, Water Quality, Water Pollution
Water Pollution

Guidelines for preparation of project reports under NRCP and NGRBA

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has been implementing an ambitious programme of pollution abatement of rivers in India. It started in 1985 with the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) and gradually extended to other polluted rivers through National River Conservation Plan (NRCP).

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga Action Plan, India, Ganga, Water Supply, Water Quality, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Waste, Public Participation, Waste Management, Solid Waste, Water Pollution
Science And Technology

Planning & design of sewage treatment works

Ngong Ping is located on Lantau Island, the most important outlaying island of Hong Kong that is home to the famous Hong Kong Internatonal Airport and Asia's longest cable car system. Sewage discharge on Ngong Pong relied on distributed septic tanks and soakway systems that imposed severe limitations on the sewage flow that could be handled.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
Louis Y. F. Chan
Water Today
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Sewage Treatment Technology, Hong Kong, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Science And Technology
Environment

Valuing the environment in Developing Countries

In this paper, employ the choice experiment method to estimate local citizens

Publication Date: 
30/11/2010
Sukanya Das, Ekin Birol
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Environment, India, Ganga, Water Quality, West Bengal, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), River Basin, Developing Countries
Water Pollution

Expansion of sewage treatment plant at Sirvodem opposed

MARGAO: Demanding scrapping of the land acquisition process to acquire fields for the expansion of Margao sewage treatment plant at Sirvodem, Navelim villagers on Sunday have resolved to write to the Margao Municipal Council to stop to the discharge of city

Publication Date: 
16/11/2010
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Municipal Corporations, Goa, Water Pollution, Lakes
Water Resources

Tapping water from nature

In spite of lifting an average of 5 lakh litres of water everyday to meet the requirement of about 4,000 people, the rainwater harvest tank in the Yenepoya University premises at Deralakatte provides water for about 7 months in a year.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2010
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Water Harvesting, Dakshin Kannad, Karnataka, Water Resources, Mangalore, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Water Supply

The Stockholm story - The successful development of a city in an integrated water perspective

Responsibility for water system services in a metropolitan area demands more extensive measures than just constructing and operating advanced treatment plants. It is necessary to have a good understanding of the water cycle and waters

Publication Date: 
01/11/2010
Gunilla Brattberg, Sven-Erik Skogsfors, Brita Forssberg
Stockholm Water Front
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Water Management, Water Supply, Urban Water Supply, Drinking Water, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Public Participation, Sustainable Development, Sweden
Environment

Action plan for industrial cluster: Navi Mumbai

CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as
critical /severe from environmental pollution angle.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2010
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Industry, Environment, Mumbai, India, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Pollution Control, Landfill, Land Pollution, Industrial Pollution

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