Junk iron from scrap yards to clean polluted water IN 1983 the entire Mianus river bridge in Connecticut, US, collapsed when the bearings rusted internally. Rusting thus proved to be a bane. But a bane can be turned into a boon. A group of researchers from China used scrap iron to treat industrial wastewater. Pollutants of industrial wastewater include toxic materials like

The production of water in Delhi has increased by around 40 MGD and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is expected to add 29 MGD more in next two months through Water Recycling Plants even then a huge gap between demand and supply persists.

IMPHAL, March 23

New Delhi: Constructed at a cost of Rs 26.59 crore, the Delhi Jal Board on Monday commissioned its first waste water recycling plant in Haiderpur. The Haiderpur water treatment plant (WTP), which has an average production capacity of 200 million gallons per day (MGD), will now be able to supply 16 MGD additional water for Delhiites, which was otherwise lost in the process of treatment.