Luis Nunez, laboratory chemist at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, USA, has developed a simple, compact and cost-effective method of removing fine metal particles and radionuclides from

The Madras High Court came down heavily on 44 dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, which have been ordered to close down for having failed to establish effluent treatment plants

A wastewater treatment system promises to rid Indian cities of disease and pollution

In a poor country, cost-effectiveness has to be the byword for municipal wastewater

uasb is a combination of physical and biological processes; the main feature of the former process is the separation of solids and gases from the liquid and that of the latter, degradation of

Indian rivers have been reduced to functioning as repositories of wastes rather than providers of life sustaining water

• Low space requirement • Low sludge production with quick dewatering characteristics • Lesser and simpler electromechanical parts used, leading to low operation and maintenance costs

A number of biological methods are available for the treating wastewater

Why is it that this nation has had to depend on Western hand me downs?

Arsenic-contaminated water can now be disinfected by exposing it to sunlight and air, according to scientists working with the Cooperative Research Centre for Waste Manage

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