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Water Pollution

Order of the Delhi High Court regarding STP and CETPs to curb untreated water flowing into river Yamuna, Delhi, 28/01/2025

Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/01/2025.

The matter related to flooding, water logging and drainage issues in the Mundka village area on the account of torrential rain.

The petition- W.P.(C) 13190/2024, filed by the Maharani Bagh Co-Operative Housing Building and Welfare Society Ltd. & Anr. seeks demolition of illegal constructions on both sides of Taimoor Nagar and Khizarbad drains as well as removal of all the silt and garbage up to Yamuna Flood plains.

Judgement Date: 
28/01/2025
Tags:
Yamuna, River Pollution, Drainage, Sewage Pollution, Wastewater Treatment, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), High Court, Waste Disposal, Industrial Pollution
Sanitation

Guideline for reuse of treated sewage in reference to the item of circular economy

The Central Pollution Control Board issued a circular on 08th February, 2024 pertaining to the Draft ‘Guideline for reuse of treated sewage in reference to the item of Circular Economy.’ The Draft Guideline has been drafted on the consideration over the significant gap of demand and availability of water and that has resulted in environmental im

Publication Date: 
08/02/2024
CPCB
Tags:
Sewage, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), India, Wastewater Treatment
Water Resources

Toolkit for preparing city action plans for reuse of treated used water

India is witnessing high pressure on its limited freshwater resources. As per India's Composite Water Management Index, about 70 per cent of the country's water supply is contaminated (NITI Aayog 2019). Thus, both the quantity of freshwater available and its quality are of concern.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2024
CEEW
Tags:
Wastewater Treatment, Water Management, Water Resources, India
Sanitation

Sanitation and wastewater treatment scenarios and effects on global water quality and SDG 6

Sanitation and wastewater treatment are key elements for global human health and aquatic biodiversity. Scenarios showed an improvement of sanitation but unimproved sanitation will not disappear before 2070. Wastewater treatment will also improve but not in all regions of the world.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2023
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Tags:
Sanitation, Wastewater Treatment, Water Quality, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Global
Sanitation

Sewage sludge: a review of business models for resource recovery and reuse

In many low- and middle-income countries, sewage sludge generated from wastewater treatment systems has potential environmental and health hazards.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2023
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Tags:
Sewage, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Management, Wastewater Treatment, India, Global
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding 36 drains in Mathura-Vrindavan discharging sewage into river Yamuna, 05/10/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajesh Pareek Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 05/10/2023.

Judgement Date: 
05/10/2023
Tags:
Drainage, Yamuna, Waste Disposal, Sewage Pollution, Mathura (T), Wastewater Treatment, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP)
Water Resources

Wastewater: turning problem to solution

Wastewater is a growing health and environmental threat, accounting for almost as many planet warming emissions as the aviation industry.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2023
UNEP
Tags:
Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Global, Africa
Water Pollution

Joint committee report on river Kshipra and the status of river in Dewas, Ujjain, Indore and Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, 21/08/2023

Joint committee inspection report consolidated of four district's (Ujjain, Dewas, Ratlam and Indore) in the matter of Original Application No 25/2023 (Sachin Dave Vs Union of India & Others).

The joint committee report was in response to the NGT, Central Bench, Bhopal order, April 20, 2023 and July 13, 2023.

Judgement Date: 
21/08/2023
Tags:
River Pollution, Ujjain (D), Ratlam (D), Dewas (D), Indore (D), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Disposal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Madhya Pradesh, Wastewater Treatment
Water Resources

Compendium of best practices in water management 3.0

This Compendium of Best Practices is a repository of unique and effective water management strategies applied nationally as well as internationally.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2023
NITI Aayog
Tags:
Water Management, Watershed Development, Wastewater Treatment, India
Solid Waste

Six monthly progress report on solid waste and liquid waste management of Manipur, 16/06/2023

Six monthly progress report on solid waste and liquid waste management of Manipur state in compliance with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, December 12, 2022.

A team of officers from Department of Tribal Affairs & Hills and Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Urban Development, PHED and officials from Directorate of Environment and Climate Change have visited at Indore City for exposure of success story on waste management. Now, the team is preparing an integrated action plan for waste management in urban, rural and hill areas.

Judgement Date: 
16/06/2023
Tags:
Waste Management, Manipur, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Recycling, Composting, Wastewater Treatment, Sanitation

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