Restore your lakes and ponds, augment sewage treatment: CSE suggests to Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) releases Excreta Matters, its 71-city study of how Indian urban centres manage their water and sewage
Zero discharge toilets at residence in Krishna Dham, Aligarh
Location: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Scale: Individual /Residential Implementor: Prof Vinod Tare
Farmers concoct pesticides out of colas
There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical.
Don't pee in pool
By: Vibha Varshney It reacts with disinfectants, can cause diseases including cancer Do chemicals used to disinfect water harm our health? Evidence suggests drinking water purified with common disinfectants like chlorine and bromine causes urinary bladder cancer. But it was not clear whether the chemicals can affect health when used to keep swimming pools or bathing water clean, until now.
Nature's own water purifiers
River banks are efficient water filters. Haridwar shows how to make most of them by Bharat Lal Seth The holy town of Haridwar on the banks of the Ganga has of late been receiving pilgrims of a different kind. They are students and professors from India and abroad who come to study its water supply system. Over a third (38 per cent) of the water supplied in Haridwar is naturally treated as it passes through the river banks.