Maharashtra

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The India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) seeks to recognize creative excellence in communicating sustainability.

These are the country’s first ‘green’ awards for communication.

Any communication that highlights the ‘green’ nature of a product, service or corporate philosophy is covered by this award. This would include communication about anything organic, eco-friendly, power-efficient, energy-saving, pollution-controlling, recyclable, reusable and generally something that offers a positioning as not just the custodian of a brand but also a custodian of Brand Earth.

Organizer: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)

Venue: National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India

Organizer: Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (SPARC)

Venue: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India

Organizer:

• Amsterdam RAI B.V.
• Inter Ads-Brooks Exhibitions

Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai

The Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Bill, 2009 aims to facilitate and ensure sustainable and adequate supply of groundwater of prescribed quality, for various category of users, through supply and demand management measures, protecting public drinking water sources and to establish the State Groundwater Authority and District Level Authorities to manage and to regulate, with community participation, the exploitation of groundwater within the State of Maharashtra.

Article and Image Courtesy: Everything About Water

The December edition of Droplets e-newsletter published by the Everything About Water had the following highlights:

Organizer: EA Water Private Limited

Organizer: Amsterdam RAI

Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India

Description:

Aquatech India 2011 exhibition and conference will showcase a wide spectrum of latest technologies and developments in the field of water and wastewater management. This tradeshow will provide manufacturers and suppliers a secure, recognized and reliable means/approach to enter the water industry.

Content and Image Courtesy: Indian Water Works Association

Organizer: Indian Water Works Association

Venue: Conference hall of IWWA at –IWWA head quarters building

The sanitation systems studied are spread across the country. The study goes to Pratapnagar in Bihar to evaluate the success of the septic tank to Asalthpur in Uttar Pradesh to study the Ecosan (UDDT) toilet. Other locations in India include Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala.