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
Projects worth Rs 1,050 crore commissioned under Namami Gange in Patna
Union Minister Uma Bharti had pledged to speed-up the programme after recent criticism by the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 20, 2019)
What a waste: Reviving India’s sanitation systems
Indians often confuse toilets with sanitation; but they are mere repositories to receive waste
A requiem for the Bagmati
Polluted to the brim
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 9, 2024)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 12, 2023)
Why building sewage treatment plants in cities on the Ganga is a challenge
Flood-prone low-lying locations add to the difficulty
India’s sewage treatment plants treat only a third of the sewage generated daily: CPCB
Reuse of treated sewage can decrease the water demand from aquatic sources
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 8, 2019)
Minister claims Ganga will be 70-80% cleaner by March 2019, but is it realistic?
So far, the government has focussed largely on curbing flow of untreated sewage into the river, but not on managing faecal sludge
The power of sewage
Maharashtra is all set to use treated sewage water in thermal power plants. Can this move be scaled up?
Sewage treatment plant failure leads to jaundice outbreak in Shimla
More than 1,000 people get jaundice as city’s sewage mixes with the drinking water supply
The flush, the city and the river
For the modern Indian city, the principle behind management of water and waste is a simple one: flush and forget. Not surprisingly, most cities …
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2022)
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 …