Wastewater
Training programme on design and implementation of decentralised wastewater treatment system (DEWATS), CDD Society, Kengeri, Bangalore, 3 - 8 December, 2012
Posted on 17 Oct, 2012 05:26 PMTraining programme on design and implementation of decentralised wastewater treatment system (DEWATS), CDD Society, Kengeri,Bangalore.
Floods completely cut off North Sikkim, as death toll mounts in the North East - News roundup for the week ending September 23, 2012
Posted on 24 Sep, 2012 03:09 PMFloods completely cut off North Sikkim, as death toll mounts in the North East
India's first nationwide rural water quality survey to start from October: A compilation of top stories from water industry from newsletter- Droplets
Posted on 17 Sep, 2012 02:27 PMWhat are the emerging trends in India’s water sector? The newsletter, Droplets by Everything About Water gives an overview of the current issues in the sector by giving brief description of recent developments in water industry, technologies, products, research, reports etc,.
Conference on Decentralised Wastewater Management, International Water Association, November 20 - 22, 2012, Nagpur
Posted on 12 Sep, 2012 11:14 AMOrganiser: International Water Association (IWA)
Co-Organisers: BORDA, CDD Society Bangalore, GiZ Germany, NEERI
Venue: Nagpur
Description
The conference aims to build capacity and awareness of decentralised wastewater treatment systems as a viable sanitation option for countries in Asia, particularly in India.
Focus
(a) sustainable technical options,
(b) management options and the roles of various stakeholders,
(c) enabling institutional and regulatory frameworks for the effective implementation and scaling-up of decentralised systems.
Video interview with water expert Avinash Krishnamurthy - Beyond the tap - Managing our water resources
Posted on 11 Sep, 2012 08:11 PM
Ion Exchange services launches 'containerized water treatment plant' on a rental basis for industries and institutions
Posted on 03 Sep, 2012 09:51 AMIon Exchange Services Ltd (IESL), the leader in providing services for any make and type of water and waste water treatment plants, announced the launch of ‘Containerized Water Treatment Plant’ on rental basis for supply of treated water.
Water scarcity in Delhi – Soaring demand or mismanagement – Panel discussion organized by Toxics Link and IIC, Delhi, August 7, 2012
Posted on 31 Aug, 2012 12:28 PMThe panelists included Himanshu Thakkar (South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People), Manu Bhatnagar (Head, Natural Heritage Division, INTACH) and A K Bajaj (Former Chairman, Central Water Commission) while Satish, Toxics Link moderated the discussion. A short film by TERI - “Water ignites life and hope” was also shown.
River diversion schemes versus waste water recycling for Bangalore city - An article in Current Science
Posted on 26 Aug, 2012 12:02 AMThis article published in the journal Current Science has been written in response to the earlier article published in Current Science that highlights the acute water scarcity t
A story of an innovative farmer in Vijayapura - Wastewater reused to grow fodder and even vegetables
Posted on 24 Aug, 2012 04:32 PMFarmers near the small town of Vijayapura are faced with a decline and disappearance of groundwater. Bore-wells as deep as 1100 feet have gone dry. Apart from the great loss in money that they face they also have no livelihoods to eke out a living. Some innovative farmers have started to use the towns waste-water to grow fooder and even vegetables.