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Wastewater treatment systems are hamstrung by outdated tests that don't identify a growing array of pathogens

Pollution costs dear

Contaminated water

Weak safeguard

New norms for water in soft drinks

Mucky transfer

Bangalore's sewage contaminates Tamil Nadu's water

Chemical imbalance

Waters of the Sunderbans are turning hostile to estuarine life

Fundamental judgement

Clean drinking water is a fundamental right, states the Supreme Court and wants government to set up environmental courts

Jungle rule

Protect forests, get clean water

More grime on teflon

Chemical used in teflon triggers early menopause

Mining woes

Sewer river

The countdown to the cleaning up of the Yamuna has begun. The Supreme Court sets a deadline

Bottled poison

Most bottled water brands are contaminated in Pakistan

Total recall

Rivers Shankhini and Dankini in Chhattisgarh run dirty

New filter to remove arsenic from drinking water

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 …

On a strong wicket

Perumatty panchayat's case is statutorily sound

Killing a river

Increased human activity is destroying a river system

Agro-watershed

Nitrates in Karnataka wells