Wastewater Reuse and Recycling

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September 5, 2024
India's sewage future
The current state of play regarding sewage treatment standards in India
Clogged pipes: India's sewage treatment crisis (Image: Trey Ratcliff, Flickr Commons; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
September 2, 2024
NGT’s uniform standards: A controversial approach to sewage management
Recommendations made by an expert committee, the NGT's subsequent orders, and a critical analysis of these developments
Drum screens at Bharwara sewage treatment plant (Image: India Water Portal)
August 22, 2024
From pollution to solutions
The journey of sewage treatment standards and the challenge of treating India’s growing wastewater
Need to fix wastewater effluent standards (Image: Kristian Bjornard)
July 23, 2024
Reusing wastewater, rethinking water: Maharashtra's roadmap
How Maharashtra turns wastewater into a resource
Reusing wastewater for a secure future (Image: CEPT)
May 23, 2024
Water reuse: Panacea for parching cities
Boson White Water sets an example for water starved cities such as Bangalore by following a sustainable decentralised approach to manage wastewater and treat it for reuse.
Wastewater reuse plant at Boson White Water (Image Source: Manisha Shah)
March 15, 2024
Surat and Bengaluru lead in used water management
A study by CEEW study indexes 503 urban local bodies from 10 states with a treated used water reuse policy. Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab are ahead in used water management in India.
Yelahanka water treatment plant (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
A story of an innovative farmer in Vijayapura - Wastewater reused to grow fodder and even vegetables
This video tells the story of a farmer in Vijayapura who uses wastewater to grow vegetables and fodder
Zenrainman
Posted on 24 Aug, 2012 04:32 PM

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.
Sediment contamination due to toxic heavy metals in Mithi river of Mumbai - Paper published in the journal Advances in Analytical Chemistry
This paper discusses the findings of a study that looked at accumulated toxic heavy metals in the sediments of Mithi river of Mumbai and their implications for health and environment
Manisha P. Trivedi
Pravin U. Singare
Ravindra M. Mishra
Posted on 23 Aug, 2012 10:57 AM

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
5th edition of Gujarat Water Summit 2012, Confederation of Indian Industry, Ahmedabad
Posted on 21 Aug, 2012 12:46 PM

Organiser: Confederation of Indian Industry

Venue:  Gujarat University Convention Centre, Ahmedabad

 
"The black tsunami": An article by Green Systems, about the putrefying sewage discharged from our homes, offices and factories, that is accumulating under our oceans
This article draws attention to the huge amounts of sewage generated and discharged into the sea and rivers and warns that we urgently need to change the way we manage water
Green Systems
Posted on 18 Aug, 2012 04:27 PM

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.
Make the best out of the monsoons - Catch the water in the hills during 4 months of rain for later use to prevent acute water shortage
We have two months of monsoon left and 4 months of returning (North East) monsoon to conserve water
Varanashi Research Foundation
Posted on 18 Aug, 2012 11:54 AM

Remember, Water harvesting Principles:
Make the running water to walk, walking water to crawl, crawling water to stay and sink
Training program on 'Decentralised Wastewater Wastewater Treatment & Reuse' at CSE, September 13-15, 2012, New Delhi
Posted on 10 Aug, 2012 11:39 AM

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

CSE

Biogas technology - Applications and benefits
This article describes the details of biogas technology
Cyberroyals
Posted on 06 Aug, 2012 04:29 PM

Biogas typically describes a gas created through the biological introduction to organic matter even without the oxygen. Organic waste for example dead plant and animal material, animal feces, and kitchen waste can become a gaseous fuel known as biogas. Biogas arises from biogenic material and is a kind of bio fuel.
Water and a City: A film by Swati Dandekar that narrates the story of water in Bangalore
This film by Swati Dandekar traces the flow of water as it flows through the various households in different economic strata and then flows out in the form of sewage
Swati Dandekar
Posted on 01 Aug, 2012 10:04 AM

Directed and produced by Swati Dandekar, 'Water and a City' traces the journey of water through Bangalore using a succession of haunting im
Strengthen participatory urban governance to prevent pollution in Ganga at Kanpur and recognise the need to look for decentralized solutions
This article describes the proceedings of the one day Area Water Partnership Conference held on 22nd July, 2012
Shramik Bharti
SACH and SPWD
Posted on 31 Jul, 2012 02:17 PM

A one day Area Water Partnership Conference was held on 22nd July, 2012 by Shramik Bharti, Kanpur; Society for Action in Community Health (SACH) and Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD), New Delhi at Jajmau, Kanpur, an industrial city on the banks of the Ganga which also happens to be a major centre for leather tanneries, which let out

Manual Scavenging Act and municipal wastewater workers in India, policy and practice - A dissertation
The problem of manual scavenging in municipal waste water disposal precariously prevails since from colonial regime in India
N. Meenakshisundaram
Posted on 31 Jul, 2012 10:20 AM

Indian municipal waste water disposal system generated a "neo scavengers" of municipal waste water workers/ sewer workers in organised occupations.

Solutions on the rehabilitation of manual scavengers were been enacted with the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 .
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