Sewage

Industrial waste water treatment: pressures on Europe's environment

This report analyses recent data about emissions from industry directly to water bodies as well as to sewage systems and onward to UWWTPs. The analysis focuses on the latest information for 2016, when around 3600 industrial facilities reported at least one direct or indirect pollutant release to water to the E-PRTR database.

Publication Date:

20/03/2019

Source: European Environment Agency

Tags:

Industrial Waste, Wastewater Treatment, Europe, Sewage, Industry

Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding standards to be achieved in the treated sewage discharge, 12/03/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nitin Shankar Deshpande Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/03/2019. The issue for consideration in the main matter is the standards to be achieved in the treated sewage discharge. Vide order dated 21.12.2018, the Tribunal found that dilution of the standards would be extremely harmful to the public health and stayed the impugned notification till further consideration in the light of the report of the Expert Committee which has been constituted.

Judgement Date:

12/03/2019

Tags:

Sewage, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Municipal Corporations, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Water Pollution

Action plan created to improve water quality in Yangtze River

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has drawn up an action plan to improve the water quality of the Yangtze River over the next two years, it announced on Thursday.

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Source: China Daily

Tags:

Water Pollution, River Pollution, Water Pollution Control, China, Water Quality, Freshwater Ecosystems, Sewage, Drinking Water, Asia

Sanitation

Tanzania: Dar Gets 210bn/ - for Sewage System Expansion

THE government has secured 210bn/- loan for upgrading and expanding Dar es Salaam City sewage system.

Publication Date:

01/03/2019

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Sanitation, Sewage, Tanzania, Wastewater Treatment, Africa

Water Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Untreated sewage flowing into the rivers, 31/12/2018

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Untreated sewage flowing into the rivers, 31/12/2018. As per a report published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in March, 2015, the sewage generation from urban areas in the country is estimated at 61,948 million litres per day (mld), against which the available sewage treatment capacity is only 23,277 mld (37% of the sewage generation). The untreated sewage is discharged into various rivers, other water bodies as well as the sea.

Publication Date:

Monday, December 31, 2018

Source: Rajya Sabha

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Sewage, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Urbanisation, India, Statistics, Parliament

Environment

City banquet halls under NGT lens

Taking note of pollution and traffic congestion during functions at banquet halls, farmhouses and hotels here, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to stop activities that lead

Publication Date:

14/11/2018

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Sewage, Groundwater, Water Harvesting, Municipal Wastes, Waste Management, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Delhi Pollution Control Committee

Sanitation

Tanzania: Govt Signs 40bn/ - Contract to Improve Arusha City Sewage Drainage System

THE government has signed a 40bn/- contract to improve a sewage drainage system and expand its network in Arusha City.

Publication Date:

17/08/2018

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Sanitation, Sewage, Tanzania, Drainage, Africa

Water Supply

Tanzania: Sh530bn Project to Improve Arusha City's Water Services

Arusha — The government is planing to spend Sh530 billion to put up networks for clean water and sewage in Arusha City.

Publication Date:

17/08/2018

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Water Supply, Drinking Water, Tanzania, Sewage, Sanitation, Water Quality, Africa

Water Pollution

Italy's lakes polluted by trash, untreated sewage: report

Italy's lakes are polluted by trash, microplastics, and untreated sewage, Legambiente environmentalist association said in what was its first national report on freshwater basins on Monday.

Publication Date:

07/08/2018

Source: Xinhua

Tags:

Water Pollution, Lakes, Italy, Sewage, Biodiversity, Freshwater Ecosystems, Europe, Water Quality

Sanitation