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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Michael Pace, 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

National Green Tribunal asks pollution board to analyse samples of Yamuna water

The Delhi Jal Board had alleged that the levels of ammonia in the water provided by Haryana was too high.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 13, 2018 · 06:16 pm

Bengaluru: Bellandur lake catches fire for the second time in two weeks

The fire was put out within a few hours.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 02, 2018 · 09:23 am

In Bengaluru, water in 42 of 53 lakes unfit for drinking or bathing

The Karnataka Pollution Control Board blamed industrial and domestic waste for the poor quality of water in these lakes.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 22, 2018 · 12:10 pm

Bellandur lake fire brought under control after seven hours, 5,000 Armymen helped douse flames

The blaze in the Yemlur side of the lake had begun to spread to other parts as well as the grass surrounding it.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 20, 2018 · 10:41 am

A disease in Dhanbad has left children without smiles

High fluoride content in groundwater is crippling entire generations in several Dhanbad villages, leaving them with weak bones and stained teeth.

Nidhi Jamwal

· Nov 10, 2017 · 08:35 pm

The reason why Kashmir’s stunning Wular Lake is shrinking: Willow trees

Plantations of willow for cricket bats, fruit boxes and fires have caused the lake to silt up and shrink.

Athar Parvaiz

· Sep 30, 2017 · 09:30 pm

NGT bans open defecation on Yamuna floodplains

A fine of Rs 5,000 will be imposed on those who violate the order, the court said.

Scroll Staff

· May 19, 2017 · 01:27 pm

Fluoride-contaminated water has crippled over a thousand children in one Assam district

A survey found fluoride levels in water in 11 districts above the permissible limit, putting 356,000 people at risk.

Azera Parveen Rahman

· May 12, 2017 · 07:30 pm

'Not a drop of Ganga cleaned': National Green Tribunal criticises agencies for wasting public money

The bench asked industrial bodies on the river banks why they should not be shut down for polluting the water body.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2017 · 01:57 pm