Wastewater Reuse and Recycling

Organiser: 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.

Ion 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.

The 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.

This 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

Farmers 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.

This paper published in the journal Advances in Analytical Chemistry discusses the findings of a study that aimed at quantification of accumulated toxic heavy metals in the sediments of Mithi river of Mumbai.The study was conducted at three different sampling loca

Organiser: Confederation of Indian Industry

Venue:  Gujarat University Convention Centre, Ahmedabad

With horror we saw on television, the Japanese experience of a huge 9.0 scale earthquake, followed by a terrible tsunami. The first images show large amounts of black water entering the country side and passing over the protective wall barriers.

Remember, Water harvesting Principles:
Make the running water to walk, walking water to crawl, crawling water to stay and sink

Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Venue:   Anil Aggrawal Green College 
                   Centre for Science and Environment, 
                    38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area (Near Batra Hospital)
                    New Delhi