Wastewater: turning problem to solution
Wastewater is a growing health and environmental threat, accounting for almost as many planet warming emissions as the aviation industry. Yet, with the right policies, wastewater could be an invaluable
Wastewater Treatment
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Institutional and technological reforms in urban wastewater management: story of Malaysia
This report provides concise exposition of the Malaysian urban wastewater management under the country’s existing primary federal environmental legislation. The report gathers essential information from
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Israel's water worries return after four years of drought
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - It was a source of national pride - technology and discipline besting a crippling lack of water. But four years of drought have overtaxed Israel’s unmatched array of desalination
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The surprising way artificial sweeteners are being used to detect water pollution
Artificial sweeteners pop up in products all over the grocery store, from diet soda to yogurt, to help people keep calories down and pounds off. It turns out their popularity has given artificial sweeteners—sucralose
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Axe on Puri beach shops
- Govt to remove vendors on 800m stretch Makeshift shops along Puri's Golden Beach, a 800m stretch considered to be a big tourist draw, would disappear shortly with the district administration all set
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Beyond scarcity: water security in the Middle East and North Africa
Water has always been a source of risks and opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet rapidly changing socioeconomic, political, and environmental conditions make water security a different,
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Sustainable sanitation systems: health, environment and governance challenges
This report aims to highlight some existing sanitation system alternatives (e.g. ecological sanitation) to conventional (centralised) sewer based sanitation systems; but also to point out the necessity
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China pollution regulators slam metals giant Minmetals for violations
Chinese inspectors have accused subsidiaries of state-owned China Minmetals Group of repeatedly violating pollution rules in the major rice-growing province of Hunan, part of a drive by Beijing to force
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Antibiotics may pose environmental risks: Study
Commonly used antibiotics may be harming the good microbes that are essential to a healthy environment, a study warns. When people take antibiotics, their bodies break down and metabolise only a portion
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The human impact on the environment
<p>Kenyans are the world’s fifth most environmental friendly people in the world, shows the new international survey. The survey titled “Human Impact on Environment” indicates that Kenyans
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Tsunami' of toxic wastewater kills plants, animals in Israel's desert
Toxic wastewater that surged through a dry riverbed in southern Israel at the weekend left a wake of ecological destruction more than 20 km (12 miles) long. The flood began last Friday when the 60 metre