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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)
August 16, 2024
Open drains drain health
A recent study finds that majority of the poor in India are likely to have open drains or no drainage systems to convey and treat their waste flows, threatening their health.
Open drains, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
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)
Invite to 'All India Environment And Agriculture Conference', Nature-Human Centric Peoples Movement, Lehragaga, Sangrur (Punjab)
The central idea is that the humans are facing the challenge of environment degradation with social injustice & anti-nature agriculture based on chemical and GM (Genetically Modified) technology.
Posted on 13 Nov, 2013 02:41 PM

For more infrmation on the organisation, Nature-Human Centric Peoples Movement, please click here.

To view the invitation to the conference, click here.

You may download the invitaion in Hindi from below.
All India Environment And Agriculture Conference
Applications invited for the post of 'Chief Executive Officer (CEO)', Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA Network) , Secunderabad
A network that is advocating for a differentiated agricultural policy and support system for rainfed areas in India.
Posted on 13 Nov, 2013 02:17 PM

For more information on the Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA Network), please click here.
Admission open for 'MA in Ecology, Environment & Sustainable Development', Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati
Aim is to provide knowledge & skills, to help students understand the existing problems effecting our environment, possible ways to reduce such impacts and increase awareness in communities.
Posted on 13 Nov, 2013 12:59 PM

For more information on the admission details, please click here.

For details on the course, click here.
Invite to the ' Environment and Wildlife Film Festival and Forum', CMS Vatavaran, New Delhi
The theme for the festival is mainstreaming biodiversity conservation at different levels to promote living in harmony with nature.
Posted on 13 Nov, 2013 08:18 AM

For more information on the festival, please click here.

To view the entries for the film festival, click here. 

To register for the same, click here.
CMS Vatavaran
United opposition to the 'Statue of Unity'
News this week: 'Statue of Unity' doesn't have environment clearance, smoke from religious ceremonies causing glacier melt and migratory birds celebrate a peaceful Diwali in Coimbatore.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 11 Nov, 2013 11:45 AM

Environment activists unite against the 'Statue of Unity'

Statue of Unity opposed Source: statueofunity.in
Call for proposals 'Water for public good', Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUL)
The primary objective will be to further water in agriculture and livelihoods around HUL factory sites in selected geographies of 3 states.
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 03:55 PM

For more information on Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUL), please click here.

For further details on the Request for Proposal, view the attached documents below.
Call for proposals ' Reinvent the Toilet Challenge – India', Ministry of Science and Technology
A challenge that seeks to support the development of innovative, new sanitation technologies, products, and services.
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 03:22 PM

For more information on the opportunity, please click here.

To read a blog on the Grand Challenges grant opportunity, click here.
Applications invited for 'Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows Scheme', Ministry of Rural Development, GoI
PMRDFs objective is to the engage young professionals in improving the development programmes and create a ready resource for rural development activities over a long term.
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 03:00 PM

For more information on the PMRDF scheme, please click here.

For application details and eligibility criteria, click here.

To view the training schedule, click here.
Applications invited for various job openings, Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society, Bangalore
Opportunity to work with a society that aims to promote better environment especially for less privileged, disadvantaged and marginalised groups.
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 02:32 PM

For more information on the organisation, Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society, please click here and here.

The openings are for the following vacancies:
Call for Abstracts 'International Conference on Water Cooperation & Conservation for Inclusive Growth', Society for Environment Education, Research, and Management (SEERAM)
The 2013 International Year on Water Cooperation calls on leaders to bring water to center stage, acting as the basis in which to establish stronger ties between nations, states and communities.
Posted on 08 Nov, 2013 10:36 AM

Further details of the organisers, Society for Environment Education, Research, and Management, please click here.

For details on the conference, click here.
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