Water Pollution

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

Plastics have outgrown most man-made materials and have long been under environmental scrutiny. However, robust global information, particularly about their end-of-life fate, is lacking. By identifying and synthesizing dispersed data on production, use, and end-of-life management of polymer resins, synthetic fibers, and additives, we present the first global analysis of all mass-produced plastics ever manufactured. We estimate that 8300 million metric tons (Mt) as of virgin plastics have been produced to date.

Publication Date:

19/07/2017

Author(s): Roland Geyer, Jenna R. Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law

Source: Science Advances

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1-5

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Plastics, Hazardous Waste, Waste Recycling, Waste Incineration, Europe, China, United States Of America (US), India, N C America, Waste Management, Water Pollution, Land Pollution

Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of garbage on the river bed of River Yamuna by Mathura Cantonment Board, Uttar Pradesh, 18/07/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tapesh Bhardwaj Vs. Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 18/07/2017 regarding dumping of garbage on the river bed of River Yamuna by Mathura Cantonment Board, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date:

18/07/2017

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Yamuna, Waste Disposal, Mathura (T), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Compensation, Waste Management, Uttar Pradesh, River Pollution, Municipal Corporations

Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on River Pollution, 18/07/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on River Pollution, 18/07/2017. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with the State Pollution Control Boards monitors the river water quality across the country through a network of 1275 monitoring stations on various rivers under the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme. As per the report published by CPCB in February 2015, 302 polluted river stretches have been identified on 275 rivers based on Bio-chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) levels, a key indicator of organic pollution.

Publication Date:

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Source: Lok Sabha

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River Pollution, River Basin, India, Statistics, Parliament

Water Pollution

Supreme Court provides relief for deteriorating River Ulhas

Untreated chemical effluents from various industries are released into River Ulhas

Publication Date:

18/07/2017

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Ulhasnagar, River Pollution, Supreme Court, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), High Court, Water Pollution

Water Pollution

This NGT order changes everything about cleaning river Ganga

In a significant order seeking a fundamental change in strategy in cleaning the river Ganga, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed that 100 meters from the edge of Ganga between Haridwar

Publication Date:

14/07/2017

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Ganga, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Compensation, Haridwar (D), Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Pollution

Water Pollution

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Ganga river pollution, 13/07/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M.C. Mehta Versus Union of India & Others dated 13/07/2017 regarding Ganga river pollution. NGT notes that GAP I and GAP II has failed to yield the required results and on the contrary there has been tremendous increase in the industrial and sewage pollution load in river Ganga and its tributaries.

Judgement Date:

13/07/2017

Tags:

Ganga, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Kanpur (T), Leather Industry, Waste Disposal, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Polluting Industries, Ganga Action Plan, Hydrology, Uttar Pradesh, Jajmau, Unnao (T), Hazardous Waste

Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding thermal power plants located in the basin area of river Ganga discharging effluents into river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, 12/07/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro- Legal Action (ICELA) Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 12/07/2017 regarding regarding thermal power plants located in the basin area of river Ganga discharging effluents into river Ganga, Uttar Pradesh. NGT directs MoEF and CPCB to conduct a joint inspection of the thermal power plant at Panki, Kanpur and submit a detailed report to the Tribunal.

Judgement Date:

12/07/2017

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Ganga, Thermal Power Plants, River Pollution, Kanpur (D), Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Pollution, Water Polluting Industries

Water Pollution

National water quality sub-mission guidelines to provide safe drinking water in remaining arsenic and fluoride affected habitations in rural India on mission mode

About 76 percent of rural habitations in India have achieved a fully covered (FC) status, under the National Rural Drinking Water Program, with basic minimum service level of 40 liters per capita daily (lpcd), but this coverage is primarily through hand-pumps and does not necessarily translate into sustainable and good quality service delivery.

Publication Date:

11/07/2017

Source: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Tags:

Water Quality, Drinking Water, Arsenic, Fluoride, India, Drinking Water Quality, National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)

Water Pollution

NGT wants Yamuna report in three weeks

A bench headed by NGT chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar warned that in case of default, each of the states would be liable to pay an amount of Rs 50,000.

Publication Date:

11/07/2017

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Yamuna, River Pollution, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Haryana, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Water Pollution

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