The great sham
Under pressure from the Supreme Court, the Delhi government resorts to a five-day charade to clean up the Yamuna
Virtual realities
Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. s …
Awareness is key to rejuvenating River Ganga: experts at 105th Indian Science Congress
Besides biodiversity conservation and a forestation programme in Ganga river basin, the experts recommended installation of 113 real-time online …
Clogged up in Delhi
More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation (moud) issued a notification making wastewater recycling …
Cholera: Vaccines can stop spread, but biggest deterrent is clean water
Vaccinologists Edina Amponsah-Dacosta and Julie Copelyn speak about cholera vaccine and other ways to curb outbreaks in countries like South Africa
Brazil’s sewage woes reflect the growing global water quality crisis
Wastewater treatment systems are hamstrung by outdated tests that don't identify a growing array of pathogens
Fundamental judgement
Clean drinking water is a fundamental right, states the Supreme Court and wants government to set up environmental courts
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 23, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
No major improvement in river water quality during COVID-19 lockdown: CPCB report
The pollution board monitored the quality of the country’s 19 major rivers between March and April
Manna from heaven
Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …
Cleanup time
A campaign by an organisation to clean up the polluted lakes of Udaipur has finally paid off. The Rajasthan High Court clamps down on erring …
More shocks
The Gujarat government turns a blind eye to the quake-ravaged water storage facilities. More bad news for a state facing its second drought
Pesticide industry thriving on legal loopholes
The CSE's recent expos has blown the lid off the bottled water industry's tall claims on the purity of its products. Simultaneously, it has …
IMA to supply clean drinking water to Delhi slum
Amid scrutiny over water wastage by RO filters, IMA plans to study quality of water in the national capital
Not just water
Mineral or drinking water? Government sets new standards to reorganise the bottled water industry
Turn on the tap
Why do Americans buy expensive bottled water when they have high quality tap water? That’s been an abiding enquiry for PETER GLEICK. …
Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report
At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …
Talking about fluorosis
Participants failed to come up with workable solutions at a recent international conference on fluorosis
Fishy deaths
The mystery of large-scale fish fatalities in the Yamuna near Agra and the conflicting official theoriesA report by Prabhanjan Verma
Wash out
In the guise of making washing easy, detergents are directing a chemical fusillade at the environment in the absence of regulation, discovers …
Ami’s dirty picture
The river Ami in district Gorakhpur, once known for its water that tasted as sweet as mangoes is today a receptacle of filth, sewage and …
Default drinking water
'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water (…
How pure are their claims?
Market for water purifiers booms, but consumers cannot be sure of quality in absence of regulations
Prayers for a little
Rivers’ flows must be maintained to protect the services they provide, but India has no legislation
Voices from Making Water Everybody's Business Talking about water
Water is bound to dominate the agenda of the country's politicians and planners in the future Though ignored for years by the political …