India’s Septic Problem
Some good sanitation news, discussed in a Nature commentary this week, is that some 80 percent of India’s urban residents now have access to a toilet. The bad news is that only a third of India’s urban
Wastewater Recycling
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NI Water installs wastewater treatment unit
NI Water has installed a new wastewater treatment unit at a housing development near Rathfriland in a bid to improve the quality of treated effluent. The work forms part of NI Water's multi-million
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East Kidwai Nagar makeover: 4,800 self-sufficient, green units to rise from debris of 2,300
Planned by British architects Chapman Taylor, and to be executed by the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), East Kidwai Nagar is an ambitious redevelopment project, pegged at an approximate
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Impending water crisis in India and comparing clean water standards among developing and developed nations
This paper is an overview of the issues surrounding India’s water scarcity, and also comparison of clean water standards between developing and developed nations.
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International meet on water use efficiency
JAIPUR: Given the fact that Rajasthan is a water deficit state and in the wake of mounting pressure on scarce water resources, to keep up the momentum of industrial development, Rajasthan Industrial Development
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India's largest effluent recycling plant at a refinery
Following the commissioning of Tertiary treatment plant at IOCL, Haldia, Doshion Limited has changed the outlook of the petrochem industry towards waste water management. One of its kind in the world,
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Israel To Build $423 Million Desalination Plant
Israel said on Monday it was building a 1.5 billion shekel ($423 million) desalination plant, which upon completion in 2013, will join four other plants in providing the country with three-quarters of
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Plan panel raises groundwater alarm
Sounding alarm bells against over-extraction of groundwater for irrigation and allied purposes, the Planning Commission has asked the government not to sanction any fresh irrigation projects unless the existing ones were completed.
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DDA to allot VK flats but taps will remain dry
DJB Says VK Colonies Already Short Of Water; Clueless DDA Cites Recycling, Harvesting New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will soon start the allotment of 2,000-odd flats in Vasant Kunj but is yet to make arrangements for any water supply to the area.
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Projects stuck, Delhi stares at a water crisis
Neither Munak Canal Nor Renuka Dam Will Provide Water This Summer Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: The capital is staring at a grim water situation this summer.