Tinsukia’s poor domestic wastewater management paints situation of looming water crisis across Assam
Around 97% of the domestic wastewater is untreated, discharged to the environment
Polluting cities
Smells like green spirit
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Swachh Bharat Mission 2: Way ahead for a long-term urban sanitation strategy
State governments need to develop an urban waste water management strategy: A mix of waste water treatment solutions for different towns based on …
Swachh Bharat Mission 2: The pitfalls — and the lure — of centralised urban sanitation system
Tapping nullahs, setting up one-STP without sewerage connectivity is neither a short-term nor a long-term solution for urban towns
How to sustain municipal sanitation: Delhi’s Aya Nagar offers some lessons
The pilot project is a prototypical model for evolving a sanitation management programme in a high density settlement
Tirumala doesn’t let its water go waste
This temple town treats 83 per cent of its wastewater and uses it for a number of non-potable purposes
Sewage treatment plants can turn E Coli into superbug
In samples collected from Sabarmati river, two lakes and three effluent treatment plants, researchers find microorganisms to be drug resistant
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 …
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 22-March 1)
Cleaning the suds
A study claims that surfactants found in soaps and detergents pose little risk to the environment. But is that true?
Sewage power
Mumbai's Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers recycles sewage to run the cooling towers of its plants
Darkling waters
The Bagmati loses its way in Kathmandu amid political vacuum and urban chaos
From water to water
Heightened risk
“Superbug” gene levels in microbes are 60 per cent higher in the upper Gangetic areas during pilgrimage season
As told to Parliament (December 6, 2021): Cases of environment-related offences almost doubled in 2020
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Thriving on sewage
Two industrial units in Chennai find an alternative source of water: city sewage
SOUTH KOREA
GOMTI POLLUTION
Green university
Anna University is turning green with serious efforts to curtail pollution within the campus
Stink sting
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 20, 2023)
Swachh Bharat Mission 2: Why centralised sanitation will not address urban problems
SBM 2 introduces a one STP nalla-based waste water treatment system, without a town sewerage system for small and medium …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 16, 2019)