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Delhi water shortage to impact THESE areas as DJB to rationalise supply due to high ammonia levels in Yamuna river
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi water shortage to impact THESE areas as DJB to rationalise supply due to high ammonia levels in Yamuna river

Live Mint  

Delhi: The national capital will face potential water shortages due to high ammonia levels in the Yamuna river at the Wazirabad pond. “Due to regular receipt of high pollutant in river Yamuna at Wazirabad pond, the Delhi Jal Board is enduring to rationalise the water supply; the water production will be curtailed 5 to 10 per cent from the Haiderpur …

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Sewage of 50,000 residents flows into Coonoor River, treatment plant remains a pipe dream, say activists
1 year, 6 months ago

Sewage of 50,000 residents flows into Coonoor River, treatment plant remains a pipe dream, say activists

The Hindu  

Despite many years of local conservationists pushing for the setting up of a Sewage Treatment Plant in Coonoor to clean the town’s sewage before it mixes with the river, the government still lacks a definitive plan to set up such a plant. Vasanthan, trustee from local NGO, ‘Clean Coonoor’, that undertook the Herculean task of completely cleaning up a portion …

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Delhi's water crisis may worsen as Yamuna levels drop further, 2 plants hit
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi's water crisis may worsen as Yamuna levels drop further, 2 plants hit

Hindustan Times  

The ongoing water crisis in several parts of the Capital is likely to intensify with the low levels of water in the Yamuna affecting production of fresh water at a second treatment plant, officials aware of the matter said. While water officials say that there is no clear distribution of the areas under these two water treatment plants, they cover …

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Bridge ‘huge gap’ in sewage treatment and generation: NGT on Yamuna pollution
1 year, 10 months ago

Bridge ‘huge gap’ in sewage treatment and generation: NGT on Yamuna pollution

Hindustan Times  

The National Green Tribunal has said the "huge gap" in the generation and treatment of sewage in the Yamuna catchment area in Haryana needed to be remedied on a war footing. The tribunal was hearing matters pertaining to remedial action against "unabated pollution" of the Yamuna and the authorities' alleged “failure” to tackle the same “to the detriment of the …

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Partly treated sewage found running into Blackstone River
2 years, 7 months ago

Partly treated sewage found running into Blackstone River

Associated Press  

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Environmental officials are urging residents to avoid a stretch of the Blackstone River after finding that sewage was leaking into the river from a wastewater treatment plant on Sunday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said it’s investigating the discharge of partly treated wastewater from the Woonsocket Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. Officials said they were made …

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