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Gujarat: Solar power to breathe life back into defunct Sewage Treatment Plants

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2019

The defunct sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the 170 municipalities across Gujarat are expected to be made functional again using solar power. The state government’s urban development department has initiated a pilot project to run STPs in eight municipalities and water...

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Solar-powered pumps and water treatment solutions have huge potential in India

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 25, 2019

Asserting that India offers a huge opportunity, Denmark-based pump manufacturer Grundfos on Sunday said it is making efforts to come up with an affordable innovation for the groundwater market...

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Telangana calls bids for 31 MW rooftop solar power projects

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 15, 2019

Telangana has invited global competitive bids for setting up rooftop solar projects totalling 31.12MW. ...

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Three solar energy, water treatment mission centres launched at IIT-M

By : Sustainability ..., Jan 28, 2019

Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Friday, launched three Department of Science and Technology (DST) Mission Centres on Solar Energy and Water Treatment at Indian...

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Identify and address sources of pollution in Yamuna: NGT

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 27, 2018

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi and Haryana governments to identify and address the sources of pollution in river Yamuna. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim ordered Central...

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Kolhapur Municipal Corporation to test treated water every week

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 28, 2017

The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has independently started testing the treated waste water samples from sewage treatment plant (STP) at Kasba Bawada.

The decision has been taken after the draft environment status report (ESR) prepared by a third party slammed...

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Reusable Carbon Nanotube & Quartz Fiber Water Filter Removes 99% Of Heavy Metals

By : sustainabilityo..., Aug 9, 2017

Researchers at Rice University have developed a simple water filtration material so effective that a single gram of it can treat up to 83,000 liters of contaminated water, after which it can be...

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Install chromium recovery plants in Unnao: NGT to tanneries

By : sustainabilityo..., Jul 13, 2017

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the tannery clusters located at Banther and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh on the banks of Ganga to install chromium recovery plants within four weeks...

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IARI developing water treatment plant that uses agricultural waste

By : sustainabilityo..., May 31, 2017

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), along with four universities from India and Canada, are working to develop a cost-effective water treatment plant that uses agriculture waste...

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Indigenous technology developed at CSIR-IICT shows the way to recycle industrial effluent

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 26, 2017

Industries, especially in the chemical sector that face the problem of getting rid of waste water, can look forward to some productive options. Thanks to an indigenous technology developed by...

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