Tectonic upheavals under Earth’s surface could be a cause of arsenic contamination in groundwater

Why does arsenic occur in groundwater at some places but not others?

Sahana Ghosh

· Jul 18, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Ganga water not fit for consumption or bathing in most places, says Central Pollution Control Board

The board shared a map showing it has found that most areas of the river had a high level of coliform bacteria.

Scroll Staff

· May 30, 2019 · 02:07 pm

A new tech allows citizens to test water quality without expert help. Can it save Bengaluru’s lakes?

Citizen groups are working with the municipal authorities to keep a tab on the city’s heavily polluted lakes.

Garima Prashar

· Jan 05, 2019 · 08:30 pm

In West Bengal’s Gangarampur, at least one member of every household has fluorosis

Villagers claim that they know nothing about the ailment since there were no awareness programs.

Gurvinder Singh

· Dec 02, 2018 · 02:30 pm

To rid the oceans of plastic, we need community-level initiatives more than high-tech solutions

National and international support should be given to scheme which change attitudes and empower communities at a local level.

Rick Stafford, The Conversation

· Jul 29, 2018 · 08:30 pm

People should be informed about ill effects of using Ganga water, says National Green Tribunal

The tribunal asked the National Mission for Clean Ganga to install display boards indicating whether the water was fit for consumption or bathing.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 27, 2018 · 06:16 pm

‘We are unable to protect river Ganga’: NGT criticises government for not taking any effective steps

Meanwhile in the Lok Sabha, Union minister Satyapal Singh listed all the work that has been done to clean and rejuvenate the river.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 19, 2018 · 07:55 pm

As the mission for cleaning the Ganga stutters, people living along the river bear the brunt

The river is now more polluted than in 2014 when the Namami Gange project began.

Akshata Mishra

· Jul 15, 2018 · 08:30 pm

In the rains, plastic bags are worsening the flooding in Bangladesh’s cities

The government is likely to pass a law reducing the price gap between polythene and biodegradable plastics to help solve the problem.

Masum Molla

· Jun 22, 2018 · 09:30 pm

US rivers are becoming saltier – and that’s a big cause for concern

Salt pollution threatens drinking water supplies and freshwater ecosystems, but there is no broad system for regulating it.

Sujay Kaushal, The Conversation

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Gene E Likens, The Conversation

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Ryan Utz, The Conversation

· Apr 21, 2018 · 11:30 pm

As India struggles to clean up its polluted urban rivers, ecological and economic costs are mounting

Rivers and streams have borne the brunt of the country’s urban explosion over the last 40 years.

Vaishnavi Chandrashekar

· Mar 29, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Yamuna has become a sewer line in Delhi, says National Green Tribunal

The tribunal rebuked the Delhi Jal Board for holding Haryana responsible for high levels of ammonia in the river.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 07, 2018 · 07:31 pm