All hotels at famous ski resort Gulmarg are functioning without any sewage treatment plant (STP) to manage the toilet waste.

The Bombay high court (HC) on Monday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) to present short and long term solutions to the civic body by June 20 to curb Godavari ri

Preliminary study by varsity department points to dip in oxygen level in the Karamana

The mass mortality of fish reported from the stretch of the Karamana, near the Thiruvallam and Pallathukadavu ghats last week, could have been caused by the unusual rise in water temperature, reduction in flow and a surge in the concentration of sewage pollution.
A preliminary study conducted by the Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, says the mass fish kill was due to an abrupt dip in the dissolved oxygen in water. Head of the Department A. Biju Kumar says the rise in temperature and reduction in water flow coincided with the summer.

Plan for sewage treatment plant takes shape, but mafia may pose hurdles

Government officials who were apathetic towards the historic Sarakki lake for long seem to have woken up to the need to save the water body. On Friday, they visited the lake for a reality check on its status. The officials are believed to have realised that a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed last month in the High Court of Karnataka over the plight of the water body by People's Campaign for Water (PCW), an NGO.

Ganga, the holiest river that has been washing people's sins and granting 'moksha' since time immemorial, today itself needs attention of those who call it 'mother'.

Over 10 billion gallons of raw and partly treated sewage gushed into waterways and bubbled up onto streets and into homes as a result of Hurricane Sandy — enough to cover Central Park in a 41-foot-

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has deferred the hearing on the interim stay order on the ongoing civil works at Coimbatore Corporation's Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Nanjundap

Five hospitals in the city have not been strictly adhering to prescribed standards of collection and disposal of bio-medical waste according to the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules

The Supreme Court will hear Nashik Municipal Corporation's (NMC) appeal for land acquisition for the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Gangapur village on May 3.

Chennai Metrowater will soon own the first-of-its-kind tertiary treatment plant in the State.