Tag: environment

Water Ministry’s NMCG signs MoU with state bodies for sewage treatment plants to clean Yamuna

With this project, the NMCG aims to take care of the existing sewerage problems in the Agra city which pollutes Yamuna River. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam and Vishwa raj Environment Private Limited (VEPL) on 25 August signed a tripartite Concession Agreement for development of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) for Agra under hybrid annuity mode at a total cost of INR 582.84 crores. The NMCG approved the project for construction of STPs of total capacity of 177.6 MLD, including developing interception & diversion (I&D)…

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WASTE WATER IS A RESOURCE

By Mandar Vaijanapurkar In some cases, energy production has now reached a level where the energy recovered from waste water treatment process not only ensures the plant’s own needs, but also covers the energy needs for drinking, water production and so on. The worldwide consumption of drinking water is doubling every 20 years. At the same time, due to rapid industrialization and exponential growth in population, massive or huge amounts of wastewater is being discharged daily into our environment. However, only close to half of all wastewater is being treated…

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