Uphill task?

Sewage treatment plants in Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani

Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa

Nature-based solutions to water can work in some places, but on the whole they face serious limitations

Will the Yamuna clean-up go the Ganga way?

Even though Ganga Action Plan-I, initiated seven years ago, has fallen short of expectations, work has already begun on the ambitious Yamuna …

Simple systems available to treat sewage

Planners should be made aware of easy techniques that can recycle waste water using little electricity.

Liquid debt

Sewage stink

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

Water wise

Reviving a river

The Supreme Court asks the Delhi government to maintain a minimum flow of water in the Yamuna

Sloppy STPs

Causing pollution in Yamuna

Microbial fuel cell

A device that helps generate electricity from human faeces

Toilet training

At Nacka nature school in Sweden

Barrage of sewage

Kanpur will have a Rs 412.44 crore Ganga drain by 2031

CSE alumnus impact: How a green entrepreneur helped restore Kham river

Principles of a decentralised wastewater treatment system was put to use to bring about transformation

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 16, 2023)

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

Cleaning India’s polluted rivers

More than 38,000 million litres of waste water enters the major rivers, water bodies and even percolates into the ground every day

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

The disposal debate

Sewage disposal is a big problem in Mumbai. The blueprint for a project to improve waste management in the city is ready but its effectiveness …

DIAL siphons off water

People do pay for latrines

New housing to reuse water

Shocking revelation by environment minister: 16 rivers in Karnataka polluted

Root of the problem lies in discharge of waste from 30 cities and towns directly into these rivers, minister notes

Who will save the Ganga?

The river continues to stink, in the fifth year of the Modi government

As told to Parliament (March 25, 2021): Centre shares guidelines for imposing green tax on old vehicles

All that was discussed in the House through the day

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All in a day's work

Grand Hyatt leads by example on wastewater recycling