Water Pollution

Sewage leak caused by wet wipes being flushed down toilet turns Glen Innes' Omaru Creek black, kills fish and eels

A sewage leak, which Watercare says was caused by someone flushing wet wipes down the toilet, has left the water in an east Auckland creek black and filled with dead fish and eels.

Publication Date: 
08/02/2017
New Zealand Herald
Tags:
New Zealand, Water Pollution, Sewage, Fish
Solid Waste

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on New Technologies for Solid Waste Management, 02/02/2017

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on New Technologies for Solid Waste Management, 02/02/2017. As per the assessment made by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for 2015, the sewage generation in the urban areas of the country is estimated to be about 61,948 MLD (approx.) and sewage treatment capacity is for 23,277 MLD, which is about 37.6% of the total sewage generation. Further, as per the data available till Dec. 2016, the total amount of Solid waste generated in the urban areas of the country is about 1,57,478 MT/D, of which only 21.51% is being treated.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, India, Parliament, Statistics, Sewage, Sewage Treatment Technology
Sanitation

Draft National Urban Faecal Sludge & Septage Management (FSSM) Policy

One third of the 60,000 children, who die globally, due to lack of proper sanitation are from India, something that the National Urban Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) Policy in India, under the Ministry of Urban Development's aegis, aims to tackle. Only about 62.5 per cent of the wastewater in India is treated before its disposal.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2017
Ministry of Urban Development
Tags:
Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, India, Sewage, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Wastewater
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sewage disposal in village Shobhapur, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 23/01/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashutosh Kumar Sharma Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/01/2017 regarding sewage disposal in
village Shobhapur, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The Applicant has stated that till now there was no sewage line or mode of sewage discharge or treatment.

Judgement Date: 
23/01/2017
Tags:
Sewage, Meerut (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Rural Sanitation
Solid Waste