‘Recognise small-scale sanitation as a viable alternative’

Study reveals findings about small-scale Sewage Treatment Plants

Bengaluru's largest lake catches fire yet again; waste burning, untreated sewage to be blamed

Locals have time and again approached the civic authority to stop the discharge of chemicals and other toxic substances from factories and …

Ganga bazaar

The Modi government has invested hugely in its mission to clean the Ganga, inviting companies and countries to offer their technological expertise.…

After NGT asks for stringent norms for STPs — a new dilemma

Switching to new norms for all existing and upcoming sewage treatment plants (STPs) is going to be a mammoth task

मल से मालामाल करने वाले शख्स थे ध्रुबज्योति घोष

 ध्रुबज्योति घोष ने मल में मौजूद पोषक तत्वों की मदद से �…

Bioremediation works

Appetite for sewage

Bacteria feed on pollutants in sewage, kill odour, but are they a complete solution?

Sewage stink

Many townships in Greater Noida are not connected to the sewage system

After long denial, Haryana recognises Najafgarh lake as water body

The NGT has now directed Delhi government to take appropriate steps in accordance with law for revival of the lake

Swimming in sewage

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NGT scraps 2017 ministry note easing sewage treatment norms

The standards were diluted by the notification that permitted more pollutants than what was allowed under the 2015 CPCB draft

Just a lament

Minister claims Ganga will be 70-80% cleaner by March 2019, but is it realistic?

So far, the government has focussed largely on curbing flow of untreated sewage into the river, but not on managing faecal sludge

The power of sewage

Maharashtra is all set to use treated sewage water in thermal power plants. Can this move be scaled up?

Sewage treatment plant failure leads to jaundice outbreak in Shimla

More than 1,000 people get jaundice as city’s sewage mixes with the drinking water supply

Mmm sewage

Banned by bias?

A civilisational loss

For more than two decades, Huta Ram Baidya has led the Save Bagmati River campaign. An affable, octogenarian activist and Nepal’s first …

Flush, but don't forget

Court digest: Major environment hearings in February

While every week, Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal, here …

यूपी में मैला ढो रही है यमुना, योगी के अधिकारी बोले सब ठीक-ठाक है

एनजीटी की यमुना प्रदूषण के लिए गठित निगरानी समिति ने यू�…

Dirty Ganga: Funds down the drain in UP

Contrary to government claims, efforts to clean up the drains flowing into the Ganga have not borne results

A story between ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’

Nobody knows (or rather, nobody wants to say) who will regulate the “permissible” and ensure that what is not permissible does not …

SEABORNE SCOURGE

Waste of a move