Chandigarh: Haryana has virtually received a rap on its knuckles for acquiring the agricultural land with standing crop when shamlat deh or common village land belonging to the panchayat was available for the setting up of a sewerage treatment plant in Panipat district.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has once again pulled up the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for not following norms and causing environmental degradation.

The MBCP had found that the renovation of Wankhede Stadium was polluting the air and groundwater.

Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd and GE Power & Water have signed an agreement, to work together and offer environment management solutions, including waste-water treatment and recycling.

Under the agreement, the Hyderabad-based Ramky Enviro, part of the Ramky Group, will introduce the concept of mobile water treatment plants in the country.

An underground pipeline on Sardar Patel Marg will carry an unusual substance: 60,000 litres of treated sewage water from a five-star hotel to a city forest.

A comprehensive water sector audit done by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in 2005 resulted in recommendations for improvement at two levels: water distribution and water supply energy efficiency to increase the efficiency of the treatment plants.

Effect of long-term irrigation with treated sewage water was studied on changes in soil pH, electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity, organic carbon, available macro and micro nutrients and the contents of toxic heavy metals. The soils receiving treated sewage water for irrigation had lower pH than the adjacent control soils irrigated with tube-well water.

The urban sector is being increasingly recognised as a critical growth driver for the Indian economy. The share of population residing in urban areas is also witnessing rapid growth

Bhopal: On the last day of workshop on water conservation held in government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya two technical sessions were held in which participants were apprised of various techniques of water conservation.

There can be no escaping an overhaul of water management systems if India is to develop and industrialise in a sustainable way.

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