Padma Drying Up Fast As India Not Abiding By Ganges Water Treaty
The mighty river Padma is fast drying up resulting in the emergence of numerous small and big shoals on its bed due to the unilateral withdrawal of water from its upstream points.
Officials told the news agency that the river is not getting its due share of water under the 30-year Ganges water sharing treaty signed between Bangladesh and India.
The water level is now rapidly going down at the advent of the dry season. In addition to the shoals, the main stream has been split into numerous tiny flows.
Experts said the country's entire northern and southern regions, particularly the vast tract of the Varind region, are facing ecological imbalance due to the adverse impact of fall in the water level of the Padma.
For more information, please visit: Financial Express
 Table Of Contents Top
|
|
24 Billion Gallons of Sewage Discharge Fill Great Lakes Every Year
Every year, over 24 billion gallons of sewage and wastewater discharge are dumped into the Great Lakes, according to the "Great Lakes Sewage Report Card" published last week by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, a Canadian environmental litigation group.
"The Great Lakes basin is one of the most important freshwater ecosystems on the planet-holding one-fifth of the world's fresh water," said Dr. Elaine MacDonald, the author of the Report Card in a press release. "Yet, the 20 cities we evaluated are dumping the equivalent of more than 100 Olympic swimming pools full of raw sewage directly into the Great Lakes every single day."
Most cities in the eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces that surround the lakes have antiquated sewer systems that combine storm water runoff with domestic sewage. During rainy weather, sewage treatment facilities often do not have the capacity to treat all of this water, so the excess is funneled into overflow pipes that feed directly into the lakes, releasing human waste and disease-causing bacteria into the environment. Many industrial facilities in those cities also discharge pollutants into the sewer systems.
For more information, please visit: The Epoch Times
Table Of Contents Top
|
|
Beijing Invests in Water Pollution Project Before Olympics
Beijing is set to invest 12.46 billion yuan (US$1.59 billion) between 2006 and 2010 in order to stop the country's water pollution problem.
The plan aims to guarantee a cleaner water supply for the city of 16 million, before the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The plan was jointly issued by Beijing's environment watchdog and planning agency and proposes 35 new wastewater treatment plants before 2008.
The Ministry of Water Resources P.R. China reported that with the plan, 90 percent of the wastewater in urban Beijing and 50 percent in its suburbs will be treated before it flows into rivers and lakes.
For more information, please visit: Water & Wastes Digest
Table Of Contents Top
|
|
EPA to Examine Condition of Nation's Lakes
The U.S. EPA is embarking on a three-year study to determine the state of America's lakes. The "Survey of the Nation's Lakes" is the first-ever attempt to assess real-world conditions by studying 909 lakes, ponds and reservoirs whose profiles are representative of all lakes in the U.S.
The survey, a joint effort among EPA, the states and some tribes, will:
- Determine the ecology of the lakes and the factors which influence their condition;
- Stimulate and implement ideas within all levels of government - federal, state, regional and local;
- Build state and tribal capacity for monitoring and analyzing lake water quality data;
- Collect a set of lake data for better management of lakes;
- and Develop baseline information to evaluate progress.
For more information, please visit: Water & Wastes Digest
Table Of Contents Top
|
|
Hawaii's Kona Deep(R) Deep Sea Drinking Water Becomes National Brand in Japan Through 180 Ito-Yokado Stores
KAILUA KONA, Hawaii--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Sea Water International, Inc. (DSWI) and their premier drinking water Kona Deep® will be carried exclusively by 180 Ito-Yokado Stores in Japan, increasing their agreement with the Tokyo based retailer effective December 4, announced Jeff L. Smith, Chief Operating Officer of DSWI. The product was approved for distribution in Japan this past September and has steadily grown in popularity across Tokyo. George Yamashita and Seiichi Yoshioka of DSWI Japan YK, a wholly owned subsidiary of DSWI, are coordinating the efforts in Japan for the Hawaii-based company.
For more information, please visit: Yahoo! Finance
Table Of Contents Top
|
|
|
Thank you for your interest in our eZine!