Take waste out of water

We cannot manage our rivers sustainably unless we fix our waste management system

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

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 …

COVID-19: Ethiopia stares at water crisis

Only 42 per cent of the population in the east African country has access to clean water supply 

Why building sewage treatment plants in cities on the Ganga is a challenge

Flood-prone low-lying locations add to the difficulty

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

Reluctant to upgrade

Textile dyeing units would rather extract groundwater than treat and recycle wastewater due to the costs involved and a lack of adequate policy …

Is your state using water efficiently? Govt's new assessment tool will find out

NITI Aayog will launch Composite Water Management Index to assess and improve states’ performance in efficient management of water resources

To treat toxic wastewater without chemicals, scientists develop nanomaterial from seaweed

The nanomaterial obtained from seaweed has shown very high adsorption capacity for lead and chromium

Clean with coir

Biofilter for domestic wastewater

In court

No sewage system in place

Indian rivers will remain filthy because cities plan for water, not sewage

Researchers discover friendly bacteria from CETPs

Tamarind powder to treat wastewater

Small approach, big benefit

Nanotechnologies offer an economical way to make water potable

Newspaper pulp to treat zinc

Peanut shells can clean water

Domestic wastewater as fish food

Separately purified urine is environment friendly

Study favours separate collection and treatment of urine

West Bengal's wetlands under threat

In court

Waste Mismanagement: An open secret

Indian Railways' experimentation with eco-friendly toilets

Researchers engineer landmass to treat sewage in wastewater