Polluted Periyar River needs to be restored on priority: CPCB report

Eloor-Edyaar area has been selected as one of the priority sites needing immediate restoration

A salty resort

In Chennai, the salinity of groundwater has increased many times above the permissible limits. The question is whether making sea water potable …

Sewage pond called Mansarovar

To restore Shahpura lake, also known as Mansarovar, Bhopal Municipal Corporation must innovate its sewage treatment system

Treating contaminated water

The problem of natural contamination of groundwater with highly toxic poisons like arsenic and fluoride is here to stay. The million-dollar …

Domestic wastewater as fish food

According to report

One river dried, Agartala eyes another

Mithi in intensive care

Mumbai tries pumping oxygen into the river to keep it clean

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

DTE multimedia team wins Ramnath Goenka Award for reporting on India’s waste management solutions

The organisation was recognised for its 9-part docu-series on India's cleanest cities & how they have tackled their waste management problems

Bihar to strengthen waste management profile by formulating a low-carbon action plan

Anaerobic treatment of wastewater with methane recovery is one of the primary targets for maximum reduction of emissions from the waste sector

Reuse of reclaimed land after biomining of legacy waste: What needs to change

Urban local bodies need a comprehensive policy for reuse of reclaimed land

Oilfree, naturally

Biosurfactants from bacteria help filter wastewater

Drug cures rectal cancer patients in new trial. Will this impact current course of treatment?

Patients part of the study didn't require any chemotherapy or surgery

What happens to our shit once we are done with it?

SFD Week: From treatment technologies to the genetics of faecal sludge

Clean move

Discern, then flush

Dual flush systems could help save a flood of water, proves research

Big Ben

Bioremedy for arsenic menace

Dressed down

Uphill task?

Sewage treatment plants in Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani

Leafy solution

Foliage helps check fluorosis

Electric barrier

Water purifier that kills 98 per cent bacteria, fast

NGT fines petitioner Rs 1 lakh for wrongly accusing company of improper waste management, wasting court’s time

An expert committee found nothing wrong with the waste treatment plant that was functioning with the necessary environmental approvals

Waste to wealth: Challenges India needs to overcome to use biosolids for improving soil health, meeting SDGs

The reuse of biosolids from sewage and septage treatment plants in India presents a remarkable opportunity to transform waste into a valuable resource

US doctors customise drug to treat girl with rare genetic disease

The drug Milasen was designed to treat only Mila Makovec suffering from a form of Batten disease — a rare, fatal and inherited disorder …