Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 9, 2019)

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

Dairy farm wastewater increases presence of antibiotic resistant genes in soil

A new study has found that using wastewater from dairy farms for soil irrigation significantly increased the presence of antibiotic …

New method developed to remove harmful drugs from wastewater

The presence of crucial drugs in wastewater not only pollutes environment but can also harms human health

Holes in the pipeline!

Water supply in urban areas is met partly by public systems and partly, by the private sector

Subverting a basic human right

A draft water policy proposes to make water an economic good

Stop looking to government

Individual initiatives can go a long way in solving the energy crisis  

Seychelles gets ambitious with its waste

Government unveils master sanitation plan to protect environment

Water ATM

Sarvajal makes clean drinking water accessible to people

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

Loo and behold

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 3, 2019)

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

Icebergs and fog: These unconventional sources can help beat global water scarcity

Cloud-seeding, physical transportation and wastewater management can help tap into millions of cubic kilometres of water, says new book by UN …

COVID-19: New research examines wastewater to detect community spread

At least 440 people were likely infected with COVID-19 in the area around the treatment facility in Massachusetts — much …

How tech can play a role in combating antimicrobial resistance

Use of technologies to detect, control and contain antibiotic residues must be made mandatory 

Wastewater is a valuable source of information — Africa’s scientists need to use it to find drug-resistant bacteria

Once sewer networks are in place, standardised protocols for assessing antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants must be established

"Cape Town's consciousness about water consumption has helped reduce demand"

Xanthea Limberg, mayoral committee member for informal settlements, water and waste services & energy speaks on water restriction rules …

Everybody loves waterbody

Amid murder of an activist, 4,000 missing ponds and 195 FIRs on encroachments in East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal mulls a wetland policy

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

Singapore taps its water

The Southeast Asian city-state strives to end its dependence on Malaysia for water

Water wise

World Environment Day in numbers: Waste

World Environment Day : How trees can purify wastewater and provide economic benefits

The pollutants in wastewater act as nutrients for the trees and plants and also help yield higher fuel wood biomass

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 19, 2020)

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

Using wastewater to grow crops can address water scarcity in agriculture

Water is vital for food production and climate change threatens this most precious resource

DIAL siphons off water