Water Resources

Low-lying areas evacuated as Yamuna rises

River Above Danger Mark But Many Refuse To Move
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Yamuna once again attained threatening proportions on Monday as the river crossed the danger mark of 204.83 m. Several low lying areas along the bank were evacuated and hundreds of slum dwellers took shelter along the main Yamuna Pushta road.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Resources, Yamuna, Wastewater Recycling, Floods, Delhi, Haryana
Habitat And Urbanisation

Going green

Biodiversity Conservation India Limited (bcil), which was set up in Bangalore in 1995 by Chandrashekar Hariharan, is known for its eco-friendly sustainable homes like tzed and TownsEnd. The company has its roots in the ngo background of its promoters who, for many years, worked on basic resources of water and energy with the Academy for Mountain Environics.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2008
Business India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Water Harvesting, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Wastewater Recycling, Solar Energy, Green Buildings, Bangalore (T)
Agriculture

Sustainable wastewater management in the European Union

The scope of this paper is safe and sustainable sanitation in agriculture. Specifically, the idea of the paper is to find out the existing regulations and guidelines concerning a sustainable wastewater management in the European Union (EU), regarding small-scale on-site wastewater management, and particularly regarding the safe reuse of the source separated wastewater

Publication Date: 
15/09/2008
Sanna-Mari Kuisma
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Tags:
Agriculture, Organic Farming, Wastewater Recycling, Waste Management, Legislation, WHO, European Union (EU)
Natural Disasters

Silt twice that of Nile, Kosi difficult to clear

SANTOSH SINGH

PATNA, SEPTEMBER 14 With the Kosi accumulating over 1 lakh cubic metres of silt in its river basin

Publication Date: 
15/09/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
River Pollution, Kosi, Sutlej, Wastewater Recycling, Drainage, Floods, Solid Waste, Nepal, Bihar
Water Pollution

CETPs grossly underutilized

New Delhi: Delhi

Publication Date: 
08/09/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Wastewater Recycling, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), CSE Study
Natural Disasters

Maggi, govts instant solution for flood-hit

Noodles Worth Rs 10 Lakh, 10 Water Treatment Plants To Be Distributed In Bihar

Kounteya Sinha | TNN

New Delhi: Maggi

Publication Date: 
05/09/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Supply, Wastewater Recycling, Flood Relief, Bihar
Agriculture

Using treated domestic wastewater for urban agriculture and green areas: The case of Lima

Scarcity of water is one of the main problems in Lima, and there is increasing competition for the use of water, for human consumption, agriculture, industry, and green areas. The use of alternative sources is urgently required.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Gunther Merzthal, Ernesto Bustamante
Urban Agriculture Magazine
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Tags:
Agriculture, Urban Agriculture, Wastewater Recycling, Peru
Sanitation

Technology options for urban sanitation in India: a guide to decisionmaking

Poor sanitation is endemic in towns and cities across India and exacts a heavy toll on public health. In response, the Government of India has made increased funding available

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia
Tags:
Eco Sanitation, Wastewater Treatment Cost, Wastewater Recycling, Urban Land Use, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Technology, India
Dams/ Irrigation

Productive sanitation: Increasing food security by reusing treated excreta and greywater in agriculture

Currently some estimated 854 million people worldwide are chronically hungry due to extreme poverty; and about 2 billion people lack food security intermittently due to varying degrees of poverty (FAO 2006).

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Robert Gensch
Urban Agriculture Magazine
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20
38
Tags:
Soil Capability, Agriculture, Eco Sanitation, Wastewater Recycling, Dams/ Irrigation, Irrigation, Food Security
Dams/ Irrigation

Farmers' perceptions of benefits and risks from wastewater irrigation in Accra, Ghana

As safe water sources become scarcer and more polluted, the use of wastewater in urban agriculture may produce many benefits but may also lead to crop and soil contamination and endanger farmers and consumers. To effectively manage wastewater use in agriculture, it is important to understand how stakeholders feel impacted by the practice.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo
Urban Agriculture Magazine
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27
Tags:
Water Pollution, Urban Agriculture, Water Quality, Health Effects, Wastewater Recycling, Dams/ Irrigation, Irrigation, Malaria, Farmers, Ghana

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