Decentralized Waste Water Treatment System View image A poor Gujarat locality pays to treat its sewage ecologically The 2001 earthquake left 70,000 families homeless in Bhuj. About 800 of them

The Tamil Nadu Green Movement, a network of environmental activists, opposed some aspects of the effluent-to-irrigation scheme in the 1980s. Since then, the Seshasayee factory has come a long way.

Treated wastewater from paper factory irrigates sugarcane fields A hub of dyeing units in Tamil Nadu, Pallipalayam is an exhibition of groundwater pollution from industry. The Cauvery river is joined by steady streams of industrial effluents; tannery units upstream have already done their bit. In the heart of this industrial darkness is a story of farmer-industry simpatico that began in the

New Delhi: Delhi is likely to have a more relaxed summer this year, as the Government hopes to augment its water supply through the parallel-lined canal from Munak in Haryana to the Haiderpur water treatment plant.

KOCHI:

Amritsar: The Textile Processors Association today held a training programme on

To tide over the shortfall of potable water in the city, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will fall back on sewage water - after being purified, of course - for non-drinking purposes like gardening, car-washing and fire fighting.

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Navi Mumbai: Three sewage treatment plants, constructed in Navi Mumbai with sophisticated Austrian technology, have started converting the entire city

There are 15 distilleries in Tamil Nadu under operation. The distillery effluent (mainly spent wash) is dark brown in colour and acidic in nature. It contains high percentage of dissolved organic, inorganic matter and potassium. Till year 2000 these units had disposed the partly treated effluent on land as fertilizer and stored in lined lagoon for solar evaporation.

Adsorption occupies an important position among the unit operations in wastewater treatment. It exploits the ability of certain solids preferentially to concentrate specific substances from solution onto their surfaces. This paper deals with different adsorption systems as solution to wastewater problems.

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