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Sewage discharge is worse for rivers than agriculture: Study
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New research from the University of Oxford, published ahead of World Rivers Day (September 24), finds that sewage flow into rivers has a bigger influence on water quality and the animals and plants that live in rivers than surrounding land development. The findings were published in Global
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River water quality declining worldwide as a result of climate change
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a study published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, river water quality tends to decline after severe weather events. Ecosystem health and human access to clean water may be put at risk when these occurrences become more frequent and severe as a result of climate change
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Poor water quality has negative impact on socially vulnerable communities:
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent analysis of the links between poor drinking water quality and social vulnerability in the United States, published in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, reveals that these violations disproportionately damage the most vulnerable people.
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Socially vulnerable communities are affected by poor water quality: Study
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A recent investigation into the connections between poor drinking water quality and social vulnerability in the United States, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters by IOP Publishing, shows that these violations disproportionately harm the most vulnerable populations.
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Namami Gange's USD 4.5-billion investment shows positive impact on river w
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The director general of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), G Asok Kumar said that the Namami Gange initiative, aimed at restoring the Ganges river, has entailed a substantial financial commitment of USD 4.5 billion.
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BookWater is Proud to Announce Space Scientist Padma Bhushan Nambi Narayan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 12: BookWater Tech Pvt Ltd, which is the world’s first IoT powered water quality delivery platform announced onboarding of space scientist Nambi Narayanan as its advisor and brand ambassador. This underscores BookWater’s aim to be at the forefront of water-
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UL Solutions Reaches Milestone 250 Million Square Feet Verified Through He
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Northbrook (Illinois) [US], June 29: UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, today announced it had verified over 250 million square feet of indoor environments through the UL Verified Healthy Building program. The program helps the building owners, operators and businesses
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Haryana Govt taking significant steps towards environment protection, wast
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
While addressing a training programme on the implementation of district environment plans at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Sanjeev Kaushal said, "As per the directives of the NGT, all Deputy Commissioners of the state have been sensitized to prepare District Environment Pla
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Temperature primary driver of daily dissolved oxygen dynamics in U.S. rive
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Oxygen concentration is an important measure of water quality because fish and other aquatic organisms require dissolved oxygen to breathe, according to Wei Zhi, assistant research professor of civil and environmental engineering and first author of the study, recently published in Nature Wa
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ISRO chairman, Bhutan's ministers inaugurate Ground-Earth station for Indi
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The data from the India-Bhutan satellite will be beneficial for people of Bhutan and it will be used for assessing inland water quality, forest & biomass cover, snow and glacier cover, Bhutan's geology and hydrology, according to Bhutan Embassy in India.
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JNPA inaugurates Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station in ass
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) on Monday, in association with the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, developed a Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station (CMWQMS) and launched an Electric Environmental Monitoring Vehicle (EV) on November 21, 2022, at the Port, the
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority inaugurates continuous marine water qualit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The continuous water quality system and electric monitoring vehicle will assist in managing the marine water and air quality in the port area, regulating the environmental quality within the port area.
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