Water Resources

Industries in State may have to recycle water compulsorily

The State government plans to make recycling of water mandatory for major and medium industries, Water Resources Minister M B Patil said on Saturday.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2015
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Wastewater Recycling, Industry, Irrigation, Water Management
Environment

Africa: The UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme - Enhancing the Role of Ecosystem Management in Climate Change Adaptation Report

Cairo — A flagship of South-South Cooperation, the UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme completed its second phase with a report launched during the 15th session of African Ministerial Conferenc

Publication Date: 
04/03/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Environment, UNEP, China, Africa, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Poverty, Watershed Development, Agriculture, Land, Wastewater Recycling
Water Pollution

India Spending $956 Million on Waste Plants Along Ganges

(Bloomberg) -- India is spending 59 billion rupees ($956 million) on sewage and waste treatment to begin cleaning its biggest and holiest waterway, the Ganges River.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2015
Bloomberg
Tags:
Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, River Pollution, Ganga, Sewage, India, Wastewater Recycling, Industrial Waste
Water Pollution

Global good practices in industrial wastewater treatment and disposal/reuse, with special reference to common effluent treatment plants

Rapid industrialization is adversely impacting the environment globally. Pollution by inappropriate management of industrial wastewater is one of the major environmental problems in India as well, especially with burgeoning small scale industrial sector in the country.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2015
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Industrial Waste Treatment, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Wastewater Recycling, Textile Industry, Leather Industry, Drug Industry, India, Global, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Water Supply

Would you drink water created from HUMAN POO? Bill Gates backs eco firm set to install system in Senegal to give villages clean water

However, Bill Gates has backed a new hi-tech water plant than could bring clean water to Africa - and has even drunk it.

Publication Date: 
07/01/2015
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Senegal, Water Quality, Wastewater Recycling, Sewage
Environment

Integrated management of wastewater through sewage fed aquaculture for resource recovery and reuse of treated effluent: A case study

India has 18% of the world’s population, 1.15 billion people, but access to only 4% of world’s fresh water resources. In the recent past, the dependency of Indian agriculture on ground water resources has increased upto an enormous extent due to several factors including increased demand of food, erratic behavior of monsoon, developmental pressure of various allied sectors etc.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2014
Dinesh Kumar, Anand M. Hiremath, Shyam R. Asolekar
5th International Conference on Environmental Science and Development -- ICESD 2014
74-78
Tags:
Wastewater Recycling, Aquaculture, Karnal (D), Punjab, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Sewage Pollution, Water Pollution Control
Environment

Trans-Ganga plan will comprise clean, green industries

Launching the trans-Ganga scheme in Kanpur on Thursday, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said the state's first-of-its-kind initiative will house green, non-polluting industries on 350 acres of the to

Publication Date: 
12/12/2014
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur, Ganga, Industrial Pollution, Wastewater Recycling, Sewage
Agriculture

Nutrition gardens - Women lead the way

Women in rainfed areas in Dharmapuri are switching over to kitchen gardens, which provide nutrition to the family as well as money. By recycling the limited water available, these women have shown that it is possible to grow vegetables all round the year.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
J Krishnan
Leisa India
16
4
13-14
Tags:
Home Gardens, Women, Dharmapuri (D), Tamil Nadu, Wastewater Recycling, Vegetables, Nutrition, Farmers, Food Security
Water Pollution

Delhi Jal Board sewer project figures in top 100

The Delhi Jal Board’s interceptor sewer project has been listed in the KPMG’s list of 100 most innovative infrastructure investment projects in the world.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2014
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Sewers, Infrastructure Development, Water Quality, Wastewater Recycling, Yamuna, Water Pollution
Mining

Gold Mine Hailed for Environment Protection

MINISTER of State in the Vice-President's Office ( Environment) Dr Binilith Mahenge, has commended North Mara Gold Mine for conforming to the highest environmental protection standards.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2014
All Africa
Tags:
Mining, Environment, Tanzania, River Pollution, Wastewater Recycling, Africa, Gold

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