Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Navi Mumbai: Three sewage treatment plants, constructed in Navi Mumbai with sophisticated Austrian technology, have started converting the entire city
T.S. Subramanian It will cater for both the nuclear plant and NPCIL township All set for pure supply: The desalination plant at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site. In the background is the huge reactor building of the first unit (1000 MWe) which will be commissioned this year. CHENNAI: A …
The Himachal Government will soon formulate an environment master plan to effectively address sensitive ecological issues and pave the way for sustainable economic development in the fragile hill environment. Stating this while delivering his presidential address at the Interactive Meet on Governance, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Himachal Pradesh …
If the United States Supreme Court grants certiorari in a case between Mississippi and Tenessee, the court will have its first opportunity to determine if and how transboundary aquifers should be regulated. The applications of this case are far from surface level. Regulated groundwater allocation would protect environmental and economic …
Smaller local treatment plants in place of a large central facility allow for considerable economical advantages including the reduction of costly collection infrastructure as well as providing the opportunity for smaller incremental-as-needed expansion phasing. Significant environmental and practical advantages also exist, including the possibility of reclaimed water re-use or disposal …
The State of Environment Report of Tikamgarh district, provides a summary of the environmental attributes and condition of the district and the human impacts on the environment. It also provides a public record of district authority, industry and community activities and achievements in responding to pressures on the environment. The …
This document aims to provide a general framework to partners under UNEP's project on "Vulnerability Assessment of Freshwater Resources to Environmental Change". The framework is developed on the basis of available knowledge of the field, with full consideration of data availability and other constraints, and is intended to be a …
The problem of water availability was a pivotal facet of daily life, particularly in urban areas, where it had to be made perennially obtainable in large quantities. Thus, apart from river water, artificial water reservoirs of massive proportions, and also step wells were constructed on a great scale in most …
This report looks at climate change and water adaptation aspects in ongoing processes of formulating and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action
The Sambhar Salt Lake hydrological system, including river waters, groundwaters, evaporating pans and sub-surface brines, has been analyzed for the salt content (TDS) and naturally occurring radionuclides (210Po, 210Pb and 226,228Ra). The abundance of these radionuclides and their activity ratios show a wide variation in different hydrological regimes, which helps …
Madhya Pradesh Right to Food Campaign and Apda Niwaran Manch presents a field report on the status of Social Welfare Schemes in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.
With the technological advances of small plant performance and reliability, decentralized wastewater treatment plants have now become eminently feasible.
EWT UNR TM MBR system incorporates flat-plate, micro filtration membranes. Since 1990, many wastewater treatment plants have been built based on this technology around the world.
Sand filters treat most of our drinking water supplies, and they are the most common filtration technologies used for waste water, sewage effluent, and grey water recycling and water treatment in general.
In this article the author advocates demand management for optimal adaptation to changes in water resources in the Indus Basin resulting from climate change.
Water resources development and management is not only imperative but also crucial for sustainable agriculture in water scarce areas of submontane region. Three small water harvesting tanks/ponds were constructed under the World Bank funded project in the region to harvest rainwater excess. This can be used to apply supplemental irrigations …
Written by Chantal van Ham, Thomas Greiber, Gerben Janse and Marta Gaworska, this study explores the state of development of forest-groundwater related payments for environmental services (PES) schemes in the European Union. It shows that PES structures already exist in a number of EU member states, which fund afforestation and …
Application of hydraulic structures may control the destruction rate of the flood but sometimes they have undesirable effects on some aspects of flood behaviours leading to detrimental outcomes. In the present study, an attempt has been made to investigate the effects of bridges, culverts, groins and drops on inundation extension …
