Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)

View image A hospitality outfit attempts to restore Mansagar lake Located in the Jaipur-Amber tourist corridor, the Mansagar lake is called the Jal Mahal lake because it houses the 18th century

Publication Date:

30/08/2009

Author(s): Bharat Lal Seth

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Lake Pollution, Wetlands, Water Resources, Lakes, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Lake Action Plan, Waste Disposal, Tourism, Private Sector, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Rajasthan, Jaipur (D)

Environment

8-point plan to preserve natural resources

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday spoke of an eight-point programme of her government that would help preserve natural resources and also serve as a code of conduct for the citizens of Delhi.

Publication Date:

26/08/2009

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Environment, Water Conservation, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), CNG, Climate Change, Solar Energy, Public Transport, Biodiversity, Delhi

Environment

Guidelines for categorization of hotels, requirement of consent under Water & Air Act and pollution control measures/treatment facility for waste water

Guidelines for categorization of hotels, requirement of consent under Water & Air Act and pollution control measures/treatment facility for waste water.

Publication Date:

17/08/2009

Source: Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board

Tags:

Hotels, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Pollution Control, Rajasthan, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Disposal

Environment

Sparkling in natural light, airport terminals go green

New Delhi: The new domestic terminal (1D) gets its sparkle not from bright electric bulbs but natural light. It

Publication Date:

04/08/2009

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Environment, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Urban Air Quality, Pollution Under Control Certification, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Urban Habitat, Air Transport, Delhi

Climate Change

Combined MFA-LCA for analysis of wastewater pipeline networks

Oslo's wastewater pipeline network has an aging stock of concrete, steel, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipelines, which calls for a good portion of expenditures to be directed toward maintenance and investments in rehabilitation.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Author(s): Helge Bratteb, G. Venkatesh, Johanne Hammervold

Source: Journal of Industrial Ecology

Vol:

13

Issue:

4

pp:

532

Tags:

Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Climate Change, Green House Gases, Energy, Norway

Sanitation

Indias sanitation for all: how to make it happen

This discussion paper examines the current state of sanitation services in India in relation to two goals

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Source: Asian Development Bank

Tags:

Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Wastewater Treatment Cost, Drainage, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Sewage, India

Water Resources

DIAL siphons off water

Airport operator yet to comply with directive to reuse water the Delhi airport is getting its swanky makeover with illegally extracted groundwater that is used for construction and other purposes. The private consortium operating the airport, Delhi International Airport Limited (dial), is extracting 9 million litres of water a day (mld) without permission from the Central Ground Water

Publication Date:

30/07/2009

Author(s): R K Srinivasan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Water Resources, Groundwater, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Water Demand, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Wastewater Recycling, Air Transport, Waste Disposal, Awards, Delhi