Megadean project

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Sinking city

Pumping out of the aquifer to supply drinking water is causing Mexico City to sink

Sound method...

...of cleansing the membranes used in filtration of polluted water

Clean electricity

Flush and forget

IIT Kanpur develops zero-waste toilets that reuse flushed water and recycle waste

Waste Mismanagement: An open secret

Managing quality and utilisation of compost is long standing challenge in handling biodegradable waste

While mainiting quality is crucial, effective product marketing is vital for the sustainability of composting plants

Wastewater resource, not liability: Moving towards circular economy

If recovered fully from wastewater, there would be a reduction in global demand for nutrients in agriculture  

New nanosilver coating that can kill bacteria developed

The nanoparticle loaded powder can be mixed in paints and applied to hospitals walls , kitchens and toilets to give them antimicrobial …

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

Progress on controlling malaria cases stalls due to lack of funds: WHO

To achieve 40 per cent reduction in malaria cases and mortality rates by 2020, the focus should be on the most heavily affected countries in Africa

Will centralised waste disposal work for Punjab?

Safe waste disposal is a big challenge for the national sanitation overdrive. Punjab has been experimenting with centralised systems to tackle …

Explainer: why we should be turning waste into fuel

Recycling has been the main approach for recovering resources and reducing landfill over the past 20 years, but a lot more needs to be done

`Industries easily find political protection whenever we are strict'

Uma Bharati, Union minister of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, speaks to Sushmita Sengupta on the challenges of …

Why taking vitamin D pills could help the fight against TB and HIV

Africa bears the greatest burden of global TB cases. In South Africa, it continues to be a massive public health concern

Should not go waste, this

The proposed hazardous waste management project again" brings to light the Indian government's tendency to prevent free flow of crucial data …

Researchers engineer landmass to treat sewage in wastewater

Drinking water audit report by March 2011

In addition to conducting financial audits, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), VINOD RAI, has decided to conduct a social and …

The path popped pills tread

Only 15 per cent of drugs are degraded by sewage plants

Dye filter

An improvised bio-sand filter helps Nepal dyers treat toxic effluents

Just a lament

Kali Nadi is poisoned

It carries Meerut’s industrial waste, sewage and carcasses  

Ayodhya airport expansion and discharge of water from Coca-Cola factory put villagers in a fix

Villages drowning after rains due to airport expansion while polluted water destroying fields, allege locals

River restoration is not just an ecological act

Despite decades of restoration efforts by a rich ensemble of state-development actors, cultural heritage votaries and rights activists, the …