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2024-03-29T15:39:31Z
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Call for Book Proposals under the Series on Disaster Resilience: Sub-series on Coronavirus Pandemic Crisis
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2020-04-13T04:59:30.000Z
2020-04-13T04:59:30.000Z
Anil Kumar Gupta
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<div><p>Call for Book Proposals on Specialized themes, under</p><p>Disaster Resilience Series of Springer Nature<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4407077829,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4407077829,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="4407077829?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p></div>
Animals and Disaster Risk Reduction / Dialogue Point
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2020-03-29T12:20:14.000Z
2020-03-29T12:20:14.000Z
Anil Kumar Gupta
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<div><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Presenting Dialogue Point: By Team Member. </span></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Resilience-forum/AG/06/20200329/TC/AIDRR </span></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Theme: Animals and Disaster Risk Reduction / By - Ashish Panda </span></p><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5 r-1mlwlqe r-1d2f490 r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-h9hxbl r-417010"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1niwhzg r-vvn4in r-u6sd8q r-x3cy2q r-1p0dtai r-xoduu5 r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu r-1wyyakw"> </div></div><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5 r-1mlwlqe r-1d2f490 r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-h9hxbl r-417010"><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-1niwhzg r-vvn4in r-u6sd8q r-x3cy2q r-1p0dtai r-xoduu5 r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu r-1wyyakw"> </div></div><div class="css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5 r-1mlwlqe r-1d2f490 r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-h9hxbl r-417010"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4266256635,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4266256635,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="4266256635?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></div></div>
Safe Holi in Coronavirus Scare for Health / Team
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/safe-holi-in-coronavirus-scare-for-health-team
2020-03-10T02:55:33.000Z
2020-03-10T02:55:33.000Z
Anil Kumar Gupta
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<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4059593594,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4059593594,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="4059593594?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a>Presenting Holi Special: By Team Member.<br />Resilience-forum/AG/03/20200309/AS/Holi<br />Theme: Safe Holi in Coronavirus Scare for Health / By - Atisha Sood <span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm">🌷</span></span><span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm">🙏</span></span><span class="_5mfr"><span class="_6qdm">🎓</span></span></p></div>
Sustainability Views 2020 / Resilience Forum
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2020-03-07T07:00:04.000Z
2020-03-07T07:00:04.000Z
Anil Kumar Gupta
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<div><p>Health Emergency in Large Populations</p><p>Saturday Editorial / Occassional Theme - Coronavirus and Bussiness Continuity</p><p>Released 29th Feb 2020. Sl. No. AG01/20200229/SR/HELP</p><p>Pl find attached as jpg. Your comments and feedback and suggestions for topics for forthcoming issues are welcome.</p><p>Kind regards</p><p>Anil Kumar Gupra</p><p>Professor, </p><p>National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, India</p><p>Vice-chair: Association of Occupational and Environmental Health, India</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}4032225400,RESIZE_1200x{{/staticFileLink}}"><br /> <img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}4032225400,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="4032225400?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></p></div>
Book on Industrial Water Resource Management
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2020-02-28T03:50:46.000Z
2020-02-28T03:50:46.000Z
PRADIP KUMAR SENGUPTA
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<div><p>In the book “Industrial Water Resource Management, Challenges and Opportunities in Corporate Water Stewardship” the Author has timely addressed the challenges faced by the industries worldwide. While securing water for production and running industrial unit, industries have to pass through several social and regulatory procedures. Industries also face challenges in securing a licence to operate both from the authority and the community. Industries need to maintain a balance between the industrial establishment and the community and the ecosystem. They also have, as a statutory measure to disclose their water usage, conduct water audit or make arrangements for water conservation. There are water Acts and Laws in different countries and industries have to abide by the water framework directives and laws in the respective areas of operation.</p><p>The Author, Mr Pradip Kumar Sengupta is an internationally recognized expert who has conducted extensive research on groundwater modelling and hydrological modelling in river basins. He has acquired vast knowledge in industrial water through his association with reputed companies in India where he engaged his expertise as a consultant. He has intimately studied the constraints and challenges faced by the industries while ensuring their water security.</p><p>The aim of this book is to offer a water resource management plan for industries which is directly implementable and consistent with the water laws of different countries with a special emphasis on water stewardship. The Author, who is a leading world expert in these fields, outlines an integrated water resources management plan for the industries which is economically efficient, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable. The book offers explicit technical and investment solutions, socioeconomic and legal instruments and recommendations for institutional restructuring. The book is divided into eleven chapters and each chapter is complete by itself.<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3951105976,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3951105976,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3951105976?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="300" /></a></p></div>
Ambient Science
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2019-05-08T14:32:40.000Z
2019-05-08T14:32:40.000Z
Sec. CRAPO
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<div><p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Papers are Accepting for its coming issue:</strong></span><br /><a href="https://caves.res.in/journal.php?fbclid=IwAR3q0iWRGjbzbe-8tgk8aBfm-gK9IdjbCrLQxKnmHPZbuVMnEf3BLgLft7A" target="_blank">https://caves.res.in/journal.php</a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839257550,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3839257550,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" style="padding:3px;" alt="3839257550?profile=original" /></a></p></div>
Call for chapters/articles for books 2019 (Free of cost publishing)
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2018-05-10T04:50:30.000Z
2018-05-10T04:50:30.000Z
Dr Pawan Kumar Bharti Chauhan
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<div><p>Dear Researcher,</p><p>During last 8 years, we have published 100 books (under the aegis of ENVBOOKS series) and currently editing few more new International books on various themes like:</p><p><strong>‘Energy conservation and renewable sources’</strong></p><p><strong> ‘Vermicompost and Vermitechnology’</strong></p><p><strong>‘Air Pollution and Control technologies’</strong></p><p><strong> ‘Geospatial Technology and Natural Resources’</strong></p><p><strong>‘Bioremediation’</strong></p><p><strong>‘Water resources conservation & management’</strong></p><p><strong>'Climate Change'</strong></p><p><strong>'Seed Technology'</strong></p><p><strong>'Food Technology'</strong></p><p><strong>'Pest Control and Management'</strong></p><p><strong>'Plant Disease Management''</strong></p><p><strong>‘Disaster Management’</strong></p><p><strong> ‘Clean Technology’</strong></p><p><strong>‘Eco-toxicology and Aquatic Pollution’</strong></p><p><strong>‘Animal Biotechnology’</strong></p><p><strong>'Soil Pollution and Lithosphere'</strong></p><p><strong>‘Biodiversity and conservation’</strong></p><p><strong>'Microbial Ecology'</strong></p><p><strong>‘Waste Management’</strong></p><p><strong>‘Environmental Toxicology and Heavy metals’</strong></p><p><strong>‘Biotechnology and Environment’</strong></p><p> </p><p>We have received a large number of manuscripts from UK, Canada, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, China, South Africa, Japan, Guyana, PNG, Nepal, South America, India, etc. So, we have decided to publish these projects as soon as possible.</p><p>Manuscripts can be submitted as earliest as possible for our current ongoing books on above given topics.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Guideline for Authors:</em></strong></p><p>Manuscripts should be <strong>Descriptive</strong>, <strong>error free</strong> and no proof will be sent for rechecking before publishing.</p><p>Lengthy papers will be preferred. Submitted manuscripts should be of more than 20 pages in single line space. There is no publishing and handling charges for suitable and selected papers. No royalty will be given in any condition.</p><p>Please avoid unwanted formatting and do maintain the references and text strictly as per instructions.</p><p>Use single MS-Word file for one manuscript. No separate cover letter is required.</p><p>Please always give full addresses (with city and country), affiliations, e-mail in each paper. </p><p>Corresponding authors must write his/her postal address & e-mail address in each paper.</p><p>Correct and full postal address and e-mail address are must. Soft copy reprints will be sent to corresponding authors only.</p><p> </p><p>Brief details for manuscript format are given below:</p><p>Manuscript should be in simple form and consists of- Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgements (if any), References in MS-Word format <strong>12 font size and single line space</strong>. Besides, you can design the manuscript as per the requirement of paper in special cases or review paper. Hard copy is not required.</p><p><strong>Reference format-</strong></p><p>Bharti, P. K. and Chauhan, Avnish (2012): Climate Change and Agriculture, <em>Discovery Publishing House</em>, Delhi, pp: 326.</p><p>Bharti, Pawan K. (2007): Why are Indian standards not strict? <em>Current Science</em>, 93(9): 1202.</p><p> </p><p>Deadline of manuscript submission for these books (1<sup>st</sup> Vol.) is 30 July 2018. Books will be published in April 2019. Deadline for IInd Vol. of these books is 30 November 2018 and the books will be published by June 2019. Thereafter, new books publication will be continue in consecutive years too.</p><p>Please send only papers those are not submitted elsewhere, because withdrawal of these papers will not be possible after reaching in the further publication process.</p><p> </p><p>Always use this ID (<a href="mailto:envbooks@gmail.com">envbooks@gmail.com</a>) for correspondence.</p><p>Please keep patience and trust.</p><p>If you are interested for being editor in our books, please contact our chief editor.</p><p>Feel free to ask anything and if this e-mail is not related to you, please ignore it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regards,</p><p>Managing editor,</p><p>for ENVBOOKS series</p><p>Delhi, India</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Editors</strong></p><p><strong>Dr. Pawan Kumar ‘Bharti’</strong></p><p>Delhi, India</p><p><strong>Dr. Khwairakpam Gajananda</strong></p><p>Ethiopia</p><p><strong>Dr. A. Chauhan</strong></p><p>India</p><p><strong>Prof. Olubukola Oluranti Babalola</strong></p><p>South Africa</p><p><strong>Prof. H.A.H. Kaoud</strong></p><p>Egypt</p><p><strong>Dr. Govinda Bhandari</strong></p><p>Nepal</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>ENVBOOKS series is also providing editorial/Technical services (on payment basis) for:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Research paper writing & publishing,</strong></li><li><strong>Your own book publishing</strong></li><li><strong>Editor in a book</strong></li><li><strong>D. Synopsis, Ph.D. Thesis writing,</strong></li><li><strong>Patent File</strong></li><li><strong>Organizing Conferences/workshop</strong></li><li><strong>Environmental consultancy</strong></li><li><strong>Career counselling and job placement</strong></li><li><strong>Modeling for EIA projects</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p></div>
11 TOP EXCELLENT TIPS TO PASS YOUR NEBOSH EXAMS
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/11-top-excellent-tips-to-pass-your-nebosh-exams
2017-09-16T08:00:02.000Z
2017-09-16T08:00:02.000Z
Redhat Safety
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<div><h3><span>1. ATTEND REVISION TESTS:</span></h3><p>This is to familiarize you with the way Nebosh exam is packaged. By attending, your mentors and trainers will also be able to assess how much more you need to review and guide you to a successful result</p><p><a href="http://redhatsafety.com/course/how-to-pass-nebosh-exam/">http://redhatsafety.com/course/how-to-pass-nebosh-exam/</a></p><p><a href="http://redhatsafety.com/nebosh-course-in-chennai/">http://redhatsafety.com/nebosh-course-in-chennai/</a></p><p><a href="https://goo.gl/d3p7RM">https://goo.gl/d3p7RM</a></p><p><a href="https://goo.gl/kFK4kX">https://goo.gl/kFK4kX</a></p><p><a href="https://goo.gl/aCqjt4">https://goo.gl/aCqjt4</a></p><h3><span>2. KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING YOURSELF IN TO:</span></h3><p>The National General Certificate is divided into three units, the first two of which, NGC1 and NGC2 are assessed by written exam. In order to maximize your point earning potential you need to understand how scores are generated. Remember:</p><ul><li>Each exam lasts two hours</li><li>Each consists of 10 short answer questions and one long answer question</li><li>The short answer questions are each worth eight marks, and the long answer question is worth 20 marks</li><li>Time wise, this means that you should give yourself eight to 10 minutes for the short answer questions and 20 minutes for the long answer question. Our delegates tell us they find it useful to take their own watch into the exam and have it visible on their desk to help keep track of time</li><li>All questions are compulsory.<strong> </strong></li></ul><h3><span>3. MAKE A LIST OF CENTRAL TOPICS:</span></h3><p>Watch a variety of YouTube videos of these central topics—because that will have a lasting image on your memory. Keep watching videos for few weeks. There are lots of them.</p><p><strong>Remember the steps.</strong> I used to make a lot of acronyms for some standard questions like about steps how to assess risks and risk assessments. It is worth trying if you forget points. Eg <strong>SREDIM</strong> for <strong>task analysis</strong>. S for Select the task R for records the steps and so on.</p><p>5)Remember to answer <strong>short, precise to the point</strong> and to the command word that is asked. Always see the <strong>COMMAND</strong> word.</p><h3><span>4. PREPARE A SELF NOTES :</span></h3><ul><li>Prepare a self-notes by your own , to keep in touch with the key points and trainers guidelines,</li><li>Try this technique during the nebosh classes and during your nebosh exam preparation too.</li></ul><h3><span>5. UNDERSTAND THE KEYWORDS USAGE IN NEBOSH EXAMS:</span></h3><ul><li>Nebosh sets a number of keywords in the exam technique, to assess the candidate’s level of understanding and to conduct the quality of examination too.</li><li>Understand the usage of keywords is essential to score high marks.</li></ul><p><strong>Some of the keywords you should remember is that,</strong></p><ul><li>Define − Provide a generally accepted definition</li><li>Describe − Give a detailed word picture</li><li>Explain − Give a clear account of, or reasons for</li><li>Give − Provide without explanation (normally used with the instruction to give an example, or examples of…)</li><li>Identify − Select and name</li><li>Outline − Give the most important features (less depth than either ‘explain’ or ‘describe’ but more depth than ‘list’)</li><li>State − A less demanding form of ‘define’ or where there is no generally accepted definition.</li></ul><h3><span>6. USE MIND MAPPING STRATEGY :</span></h3><p>Prepare mind map for all the chapters which aids you in remembrance of the entire book during revision days and state examples from the experience which boosts your marks.</p><h3><span><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9162" src="http://redhatsafety.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Nebosh-in-chennaiNebosh-course-in-chennaiNebosh-courses-in-chennai.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /> </strong>7. PRACTICE THE MNEMONICS TECHNIQUE:</span></h3><p>Mnemonics is an excellent technique which will ensure the number of key points and obviously it will prevent you from the on time memory loss during the examinations.</p><p><strong>Example:</strong> To Remember the types of Guards in Machines:</p><p><strong>FIAT – Fixed guard, Interlocked Guard, Adjustable Guard , Trip switch.</strong></p><p>Each and every chapters in nebosh, there is a number of Mnemonics which is really most important in your exam preparations .</p><h3><span>8. REMEMBER THAT THE EXAMINER IS LOOKING TO GIVE YOU POINTS:</span></h3><p>The NEBOSH Certificate exam is positively marked, with points awarded for the correct application of knowledge, rather than deducted for incorrect answers. Therefore, if in doubt, have a go! You really don’t have anything to lose.</p><p>This means that it’s your job to make it as easy as possible for the examiner to find places to award you marks. Keep writing legible, with clearly numbered answers (if a question consists of different sub-sections make sure you number each sub section and address it separately within your answer e.g. 1a, b and c) and provide an answer for every question (although you may want to “warm up” by starting with those that you feel most confident about, rather than working chronologically through the paper).</p><h3><span>9. CONDENSE YOUR NOTES AS THE DATE APPROACHES:</span></h3><p>Days immediately prior to the exam are not the time for reading through reams of notes with a highlighter in hand. As the date approaches you should concentrate on condensed excerpts that you can actually commit to memory. Use your own revision cards to create these, or purchase revision cards to augment with your course notes. Remember, minutes of concentrated learning will prove more valuable than hours of reading that you can’t later recall.</p><h3><span>10. ALWAYS BE PREPARED:</span></h3><p>Take the pressure off yourself by alleviating the potential for niggling anxieties. Make sure you’re equipped with pens and a watch and that you’ve double checked the exam date, time and location and are fully briefed with travel arrangements. Do this thoroughly, and then put it out of your mind, so that you can better concentrate on the substance of the exam.</p><h3><span>11. USE PAST PAPERS TO PRACTICE YOUR EXAM TECHNIQUE:</span></h3><p>You will also look at past papers as part of NEBOSH Certificate course. These are obviously the best way to assess the type of questions that you will face. Moreover We also recommend that you take the opportunity to sit a mock exam in its entirety prior to the actual exam as this will help you understand how much time you have per question, as well as allowing you to practice writing for a significant length of time.</p><h2><strong>Contact Our Expert Course Advisers Now to Get More Personalised Career Support</strong></h2><h2><strong>Call Now : 90 03 05 99 77 / 95 66 12 66 22 </strong></h2><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839256198,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">nebosh igc course in chennai.jpg</a></p></div>
SEARCHING A ATLAS
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2017-03-07T04:00:18.000Z
2017-03-07T04:00:18.000Z
usha kumari
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<div><p>Can anybody tell me from where to access or purchase the book "Atlas of Hourly Mixing Height and Assimilative Capacity of Atmosphere in India" by S D Attri; India. Meteorological Department. </p></div>
Soil Amendments For Sustainability: Challenges And Perspectives(CRC Press,USA)
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/soil-amendments-for-sustainability-challenges-and-perspectives-2
2017-01-31T06:34:23.000Z
2017-01-31T06:34:23.000Z
Dr.Amitava Rakshit
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<div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">Dear Authors,</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941HOEnZb"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">We have decided to publish an edited book entitled "</font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Soil Amendments For Sustainability: Challenges And Perspectives</b>(<i><b>CRC Press,USA</b></i>)</font><span>" </span><span><span>which will provide a resource rich in data that gives professional soil scientists, agronomists, engineers, ecologists, biologists, naturalists, and their students a handy reference about soil amendments.We look forward to receive your tentative proposals/title at amitavar@bhu.ac.in . Last date of sending the title along with affiliations of author is 15th February,2017. </span></span><span> Your cooperation is highly solicited in completing the task well in time. </span></div><div><span>With sincere regards,</span></div><div> </div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Rakshit</font></div><p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></p><div class="ii gt adP adO"><div class="a3s aXjCH m159f31ce66a1785b"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941HOEnZb"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941m_3966177111983971509m_-4530657570401514090m_-1015298114816068424m_-2847074319226241557m_10195904635763651gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b><span>Amitava Rakshit</span></b><span> PhD (IIT, KGP)</span></font></span><img src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Nn0jkWwb4F7DRcylerzaj61N4hggiZIlIzsIS1UPeeJUrau4YfKyc-jcQtthL9F4COFMHT0Vnr0_NkXGj1YXvrIeKnlG3mwn6j2QUaNwN3-0mhEwzxhaDgnmublqDKawImH-l2fjbSiGynXmN1k=s0-d-e1-ft#%3Ca%20rel%3Dnofollow%20href=" alt="Nn0jkWwb4F7DRcylerzaj61N4hggiZIlIzsIS1UPeeJUrau4YfKyc-jcQtthL9F4COFMHT0Vnr0_NkXGj1YXvrIeKnlG3mwn6j2QUaNwN3-0mhEwzxhaDgnmublqDKawImH-l2fjbSiGynXmN1k=s0-d-e1-ft#%3Ca%20rel%3Dnofollow%20href=" /><a href="http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com/animated-flag-gif/gifs/India_120-animated-flag-gifs.gif">http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com/animated-flag-gif/gifs/India_120-animated-flag-gifs.gif</a>" class="CToWUd"/></p><p><font size="3"><b><i><span>FSES</span></i></b><span>, <b><i>FTWAS.Nxt</i></b> (Italy), <b><i>FBiovision.Nxt</i></b> (France)</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span>Review College member (British Ecological Society,London)</span></font></p><p><span><strong><span>Member of World Association of Young Scientists; WSSET,Nottingham</span></strong></span></p><p><font size="3"><span>Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University(</span><span><a href="http://www.bhu.ac.in/" target="_blank">www.bhu.ac.in</a></span><span>) ,Varanasi-221005, UP, INDIA</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><b><span>Voice</span></b><span>:05422-6701604(Office);<a target="_blank">09450346890</a>(Mob);<b>E mail</b>: <a href="mailto:amitavar@bhu.ac.in" target="_blank">amitavar@bhu.ac.in</a></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><b><span>Web</span></b><span>: <a href="http://amitavar.hpage.co.in/" target="_blank">http://amitavar.hpage.co.in/</a>; <span><a href="http://livedna.net/?dna=91.7860" target="_blank">http://livedna.net/?dna=91.7860</a></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"> </font></p><p><span><span>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p><p><font size="3"><b><span>Editor In Chief</span></b><span>: IJAEB(<a href="http://www.ijaeb.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">www.ijaeb.com</font></a>); <b>Reviewer</b>:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,PLOS ONE ;<b>Evaluator</b>: Young Innovators' Awards Program ( <a href="http://www.nahdetmasr.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">www.nahdetmasr.org</font></a> ) <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-8262" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-8262</a> ; </span></font><span><b>Scopus Author ID</b>: <a target="_blank">8092521000</a> ; </span><span><b>Researcher ID</b>: E-3080-2015</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p></p><div class="yj6qo"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
Soil Amendments For Sustainability: Challenges And Perspectives(CRC Press,USA)
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/soil-amendments-for-sustainability-challenges-and-perspectives-1
2017-01-31T06:32:01.000Z
2017-01-31T06:32:01.000Z
Dr.Amitava Rakshit
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<div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">Dear Authors,</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941HOEnZb"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="tahoma,sans-serif">We have decided to publish an edited book entitled "</font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Soil Amendments For Sustainability: Challenges And Perspectives</b>(<i><b>CRC Press,USA</b></i>)</font><span>" </span><span><span>which will provide a resource rich in data that gives professional soil scientists, agronomists, engineers, ecologists, biologists, naturalists, and their students a handy reference about soil amendments.We look forward to receive your tentative proposals/title at amitavar@bhu.ac.in . Last date of sending the title along with affiliations of author is 15th February,2016. </span></span><span> Your cooperation is highly solicited in completing the task well in time. </span></div><div><span>With sincere regards,</span></div><div> </div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Rakshit</font></div><p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font></p><div class="ii gt adP adO"><div class="a3s aXjCH m159f31ce66a1785b"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941HOEnZb"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="m_6254213659566240596gmail-m_-8011241105984709366m_9101175193531503878m_8310806944904674941m_3966177111983971509m_-4530657570401514090m_-1015298114816068424m_-2847074319226241557m_10195904635763651gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><span><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b><span>Amitava Rakshit</span></b><span> PhD (IIT, KGP)</span></font></span><img src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Nn0jkWwb4F7DRcylerzaj61N4hggiZIlIzsIS1UPeeJUrau4YfKyc-jcQtthL9F4COFMHT0Vnr0_NkXGj1YXvrIeKnlG3mwn6j2QUaNwN3-0mhEwzxhaDgnmublqDKawImH-l2fjbSiGynXmN1k=s0-d-e1-ft#%3Ca%20rel%3Dnofollow%20href=" alt="Nn0jkWwb4F7DRcylerzaj61N4hggiZIlIzsIS1UPeeJUrau4YfKyc-jcQtthL9F4COFMHT0Vnr0_NkXGj1YXvrIeKnlG3mwn6j2QUaNwN3-0mhEwzxhaDgnmublqDKawImH-l2fjbSiGynXmN1k=s0-d-e1-ft#%3Ca%20rel%3Dnofollow%20href=" /><a href="http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com/animated-flag-gif/gifs/India_120-animated-flag-gifs.gif">http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com/animated-flag-gif/gifs/India_120-animated-flag-gifs.gif</a>" class="CToWUd"/></p><p><font size="3"><b><i><span>FSES</span></i></b><span>, <b><i>FTWAS.Nxt</i></b> (Italy), <b><i>FBiovision.Nxt</i></b> (France)</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span>Review College member (British Ecological Society,London)</span></font></p><p><span><strong><span>Member of World Association of Young Scientists; WSSET,Nottingham</span></strong></span></p><p><font size="3"><span>Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University(</span><span><a href="http://www.bhu.ac.in/" target="_blank">www.bhu.ac.in</a></span><span>) ,Varanasi-221005, UP, INDIA</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><b><span>Voice</span></b><span>:05422-6701604(Office);<a target="_blank">09450346890</a>(Mob);<b>E mail</b>: <a href="mailto:amitavar@bhu.ac.in" target="_blank">amitavar@bhu.ac.in</a></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><b><span>Web</span></b><span>: <a href="http://amitavar.hpage.co.in/" target="_blank">http://amitavar.hpage.co.in/</a>; <span><a href="http://livedna.net/?dna=91.7860" target="_blank">http://livedna.net/?dna=91.7860</a></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"> </font></p><p><span><span>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p><p><font size="3"><b><span>Editor In Chief</span></b><span>: IJAEB(<a href="http://www.ijaeb.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">www.ijaeb.com</font></a>); <b>Reviewer</b>:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,PLOS ONE ;<b>Evaluator</b>: Young Innovators' Awards Program ( <a href="http://www.nahdetmasr.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF">www.nahdetmasr.org</font></a> ) <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-8262" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-8262</a> ; </span></font><span><b>Scopus Author ID</b>: <a target="_blank">8092521000</a> ; </span><span><b>Researcher ID</b>: E-3080-2015</span></p><p><span> </span></p><p></p><div class="yj6qo"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
ERM Two Day Workshop on Process Safety Management at Chennai
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/erm-two-day-workshop-on-process-safety-management-at-chennai
2016-09-01T12:15:45.000Z
2016-09-01T12:15:45.000Z
Dipil Kumar Vasu
https://www.paryavaran.com/members/DipilKumarVasu
<div><p>Dear All,</p><p>Seasons’ Greetings from <a href="http://www.erm.com/" target="_blank">ERM</a>!</p><p>ERM pleased to announce its Two Day inter-company workshop on <strong>Process Safety Management at Chennai dated 22nd & 23rd September 2016. <br /></strong></p><p>This two day workshop is designed to help process industries comply with process safety requirements including OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM), industry best management as well as recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP).</p><p>Workshop brochure is attached for your reference.</p><p>We invite you and your team to join us on this intercompany workshop and take away the rich benefits. If you like to get more details / brochure, feel free to mail/call me.</p><p>Thanks & Regards, <br />Dipil Kumar Vasu<br />Consultant - Performance Assurance<br />ERM, Bangalore<br /><span><span class="baec5a81-e4d6-4674-97f3-e9220f0136c1" style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="skype_c2c_print_container skype_c2c notranslate">+91 9538252522</span></span><br /></span><a target="_blank">Dipil.Kumar@erm.com</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839254951,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">ERM_PSM_Chennai.pdf</a></p></div>
New book "Teaching Environmental Education: Trends and Practices in India"
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/new-book-teaching-environmental-education-trends-and-practices-in
2016-08-29T18:14:02.000Z
2016-08-29T18:14:02.000Z
Chong Shimray
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<div><p>Recently released book on environmental education - "Teaching Environmental Education: Trends and Practices in India" by Chong Shimray published by SAGE Publications. For details follow the link: <a href="https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/environmental-education-for-educators/book250206">https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/environmental-education-for-educators/book250206</a></p><p></p></div>
Call for Paper - International Journals - September 2016
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/call-for-paper-international-journals-september-2016
2016-08-27T06:47:57.000Z
2016-08-27T06:47:57.000Z
IRJMRS
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<div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td width="50%"><div><span><a href="http://www.irjmrs.com/" target="_blank"><span>Call for Paper</span></a> | <a href="http://www.irjmrs.com/" target="_blank"><span>Topics</span></a></span></div></td><td><div align="right"><strong><span>ISSN: 2455-930X</span></strong></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><span>International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Science & Technology</span></div><div align="center"><span>Call for Paper – September 2016</span></div><div align="center"><span>In approved with NISCAIR</span></div><div align="center"><span><a href="http://www.irjmrs.com/" target="_blank">www.irjmrs.com</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td><div><span>IRJMRS Editorial Board invites you to submit your research paper for the upcoming edition of the journal.</span></div><div><span>E- Certificate <br /><br />All published papers are indexed with Google Scholars.<br /><br />Authors can submit their papers via an email to <span><a href="mailto:irjmrs@gmail.com" target="_blank">irjmrs@gmail.com</a></span></span></div><div><span><span>CALL for PAPER</span></span></div></td><td valign="top" width="190"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><div><span>Paper Submission By:</span></div><div><span>Sep 16, 2016</span></div></td></tr><tr><td><div><span>You can email original research paper to <span><a href="mailto:editor@caeaccess.org?Subject=Paper+Submission" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:irjmrs@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span>irjmrs@gmail.com</span></a>, <a href="mailto:editor@irjmrs.com" target="_blank"><span>editor@irjmrs.com</span></a></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td><div><b><span><a href="http://www.irjmrs.com/" target="_blank">www.irjmrs.com</a></span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><span>© 2016 . All Rights Reserved.<br /><br />Foundation of IRJMRS,</span><span> </span><span><br />India</span><span> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
The Real story of a Person who succeeded his Cancer !
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/the-real-story-of-a-person-who-succeeded-his-cancer
2016-06-07T10:45:06.000Z
2016-06-07T10:45:06.000Z
redhat safety
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<div><p>Recently i find the Article here which is exciting & Gives confident to every Person Who wanted to come out from the cancer or Who wanted to prevent Cancer , </p><p>This articles wrote for You !</p><p></p><p>MY DAYS WITH CANCER</p><p> ….G. K. GHOSH</p><p>Before I talk about me and my experience with this dreaded disease, I would like to give brief background of my family. I belong to a family coming from a village called Mahanga in Cuttack district of Odisha. Fourteen generation back, sometime during 1640 A. D., the family migrated to this region of Odisha. My great grandfather used to live here and was a police man. My great grandmother, his wife Taramoi died of uterus cancer during early years of 20<sup>th</sup> century. The couple had four sons and two daughters. Eldest was my grandfather, Radhakanta Ghosh was self-made man and helped family to grow. He became lawyer and then joined Judicial Service under Calcutta Presidency. He served as District Judge in various districts, was Registrar High Court, Calcutta and for few months Acting Judge in Patna High Court, finally retired in the year 1928. He settled down in Cuttack under whose care we all grew. In the year 1943 he was detected oral cancer. He used to smoke traditional gadgada, clean teeth with gudakhu a tooth paste made with tobacco and used to consume beetle leaf with tobacco preparation known as gundi, popular in Odisha. Anyway, by then Tata Cancer Hospital just started in Bombay (now Mumbai) so he was taken there. A German doctor predicted he will live for another five years but he contracted saying he will live for 15 years with his will power. He died in the year 1957. He had three sons and one daughter. Eldest RamaniKanta had diploma in Printing Technology from England and was head of Government Press, Patna. He used to smoke heavily and used to consume oily foods. He died of liver cancer many years after retirement. My aunt only daughter of my grandfather, Swarnalata was widow at early age, did her B.Ed in England and was founder head mistress of Girl School of Baripada in Mayurbhanj funded by Maharani. My aunt died rather young some say it was tuberculosis while some opined it was cancer. My father, Srikanta, youngest of all siblings was Inspector General of Police, Odisha. He used to smoke heavily and used gudakhu to clean teeth. After retirement he settled in Kolkata and at the age of about 80 he had problem of urination thus had to undergo prostrate surgery. Only after surgery it was detected he had cancer and it was found it had already spread elsewhere. He died after 12 years with pains. We are three brothers and two sisters. Eldest sister died of breast cancer even when my father was alive. My grandmother also died of cancer. Youngest sister of my grandfather died of stomach cancer. Three of cousins of my father too died of cancer. My first cousin PritiKanta, who was a Professor of Management in the USA also had Prostate cancer but was cured with Radiation Therapy. I referred this story to a well-known Doctor in Oslo and he opined though genetic reason may be one of the reason, but major reason is lifestyle.</p><p>With this background my story begins. I was a chain smoker, started smoking since my student days. My food used to be usual Bengali or Odia food with high temperature cooking, no salad, rarely consuming fruits and frequent consumption of trans-fat. I left smoking in the year 2007 due to frequent coughing. I retired from service in the year 2008 and changed my lifestyle switching over to healthy diet. I planned regular checkups and with right diet controlled cholesterol, blood pressure etc., lived without medicine. I started checking PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) that indicates cancer. My PSA used to remain less than 4 for years till in the month of June 2016 PSA reported was 7.42. This is alarming.</p><p> </p><p>2</p><p>Meanwhile, thanks to Ratan Tata, Tata Medical Center was started in Kolkata in the year 2011. I reported to TMC (Tata Medical Center), in the department of Urology/ Oncology. I was advised for repeat PSA after 15 days and result was 9. I was asked to report to undergo biopsy. I was admitted for a day for the purpose. But biopsy caused infection and I had fever, thus was admitted. Before I was discharged, biopsy report came and I was told out of ten samples taken one sample reported cancer. I was detained for a day more to undergo MRI and Bone Scanning. Next week report came and I was told that because of my timely action it is still inside prostate. I was offered two lines of treatments, 1. Surgery, 2.Radiation therapy. Both do have side reactions such as incontinence, impotency etc., and all the details were explained to me. I was asked to decide which line of treatment to be chosen. I took second opinion from another reputed Urologist besides my Surgeon cousin Dr. S. K. Ghosh who lives in Rourkela. Finally I decided to go for surgery. On 25<sup>th</sup> August 2016 I was operated upon and my prostate was removed. Biopsy report of the portion removed shows I had Gleason count of 8 which is alarming but biopsy around periphery shows I am free from cancer. Higher Gleason count indicates, in case cancer returns it will grow faster.</p><p>I was asked to report after 45 days with repeat PSA. My PSA was 0.18. m doctor said it is not good because removal of prostate should have had PSA reporting ‘undetected’. This report indicates a portion of prostate still remains in my body and it may be malignant or may be benign. We need to keep watch and if it grows beyond 0.2 we must think of action. I was asked to report after 45 days with repeat PSA. This time it was 0.19 so nothing alarming. I was asked to report after 60 days. As advised I reported with repeat PSA, it was 0.49. This is certainly alarming. I was asked to report to Head of Radiation Oncology. Doctor of this section said it is might not be alarming but it is better to go for Radiation therapy with milder dose. I agreed and I had to undergo scanning. I was advised 35 sittings of Radiation, one in a day. Appointment was given from 29<sup>th</sup> February onwards. Radiation therapy completed by end of April and I was advised to report by end of July with repeat PSA. Before Radiation therapy started I was explained side reactions such as burning sensation in rectum, bleeding during urination, and possibility of cancer in another place due to radiation. This happens because radiation while killing cancerous cells also damages healthy cells and if healthy cells fails to repair itself it will lead to cancer. Only way to prevent it is to lead healthy lifestyle improving immunity. Anyway, doctor assured me at the end of radiation therapy that he assures 85% cure.</p><p>I may be questioned what benefit I got by following healthy lifestyle depriving me from pleasure of tasty food. Apart from what is indicated in previous paragraph my experience during surgery and after may be discussed. Surgery of prostate was a major surgery since my abdomen was opened. It too over 5 hours and obviously there was good amount of bleeding. My hemoglobin fell to 8 and I had respiratory problems. I was kept in ICCU for two days, followed by surgery ward and finally to common cabin. Some of the doctors proposed infusion to blood but my surgeon said, there is no need since he was aware of my lifestyle. He said since I led medicine free life I will recover naturally once solid food is given. I was given normal diet from fourth day and discharged on 6<sup>th</sup> day. I was not prescribed any medicine back home neither antibiotic or pain killer and advised to choose food that ensures normal bowel movement, normalizes blood pressure which fell after surgery and shall raise hemoglobin. When I reported next everything was normal. </p><p>Incontinence however continued and I was advised to go for floor exercise. In the month of April this too normalized and there was no need for adult diaper since then. In between I attended get together of 1969 batch of REC, Rourkela during January ’16. However I needed to report for examination for days to come till end of my life and need to take action as will be advised from time to time.</p><p>During radiation therapy I met number of patients in the waiting hall. Many of them were cured even from fourth stage of cancer. What I observed cancer is no longer incurable. It can be cured certainly and there is no panic. I also observed medical insurance is not popular in India thus if such diseases attacks many families were ruined financially. I got full support from mediclaim and except non-medical claims almost everything was settled. Medical insurance should be encouraged since India is one of the few countries having no support of social security.</p><p>One of the major reasons of ill health is self-medication. Even for minor reasons we must not consume medicines without adequate knowledge or consume medicine as advised by sales person on counters of medicine shops. This is one of the major reasons of illness including cancer.</p><p>Purpose of sharing this article is for following reasons:</p><p>1…Persons suffering from cancer in Eastern States such as Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and North Eastern States do not know about existence of this hospital and usually run for Tata Cancer Hospital, Mumbai which is overloaded. They may approach this hospital instead.</p><p>2…Cancer is a disease certainly can be cured and no one must be scared of this.</p><p>3…Timely action and early detection helps. All male members must go for PSA once in a year after age of 50 and must report to oncologist/ urologists once PSA crosses 4.</p><p>4…Medical insurance is not investment as normally conceived. It is an expenditure for future protection. Please do not ignore but must go for right policy.</p><p>5…Healthy lifestyle helps in many ways. Must follow to the extent possible avoiding junk foods, high temperature cooking and prefer fruits and salads. Go for DASH diet or Mediterranean diet.</p><p>6…Self-medication itself is a disease in India and must be avoided.</p><p>Lastly I must say good wishes poured for me from my school friends, college friends, my friends from my earlier office and so on. I retired in the year 2008 and it was amazing to experience my office friends come to me with good wishes and even helped me in many ways. My school class mates came from Cuttack to meet me, wishing my cure. Two of my REC class mates came from Mumbai to wish me. Greatest pleasure was when my teacher Prof. G. K. Roy wished my cure on telephone. It was a blessing which ensured my cure. My senior SandipDashverma of 1965 batch regularly talked to me from USA and encouraged me. It was he who advised me to share my experience for everyone to take action and stay healthy. I trust this will help everyone to stay healthy.</p><p> </p><p>You are the Person , who changes the world !</p><p>Safe Regards </p><p><a href="http://www.spplimited.co.in/" target="_blank">Safety Professionals</a></p><p><a href="http://www.spplimited.co.in/nebosh-igc-course-training-in-chennai/" target="_blank">Nebosh Courses in Chennai</a></p><p> *************************</p></div>
State of India's Environment 2016: In Figures
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/state-of-india-s-environment-2016-in-figures
2016-06-01T09:44:09.000Z
2016-06-01T09:44:09.000Z
Kiran Dwivedi
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<div><p><span>At a time when views are getting sold as news in high-decibel TV talk shows and newspaper edits, "State of India's Environment 2016: In Figures" showcases all the important facts and headline numbers that will help you form an informed opinion on issues that matter in India.</span></p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/1qEzz47">http://bit.ly/1qEzz47</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839254383,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">India _Environment 2016_in figures.jpg</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839254604,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">environment _in figures_contents.jpg</a></p></div>
CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE: “Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Monitoring and Remediation”
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/call-for-special-issue-water-air-and-soil-pollution-monitoring
2016-04-30T06:47:49.000Z
2016-04-30T06:47:49.000Z
Dr. Sanjay Kumar Gupta
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<div><p align="center"><b>Brochure</b></p><p align="center"><b>CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLES</b></p><p align="center"><b> </b></p><p><b>THEME ISSUE TITLE:</b> <b><u>“</u></b><b><u>Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Monitoring and Remediation”</u></b></p><p> </p><p><b> </b></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="401" valign="top"><p><b>Guest Editor:</b></p></td><td width="401" valign="top"><p><b>Co-Guest Editor</b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="401" valign="top"><p>Dr. S. K. Gupta</p><p>Environmental Engineering</p><p>Department of Civil Engineering</p><p>Indian Institute of Technology Delhi</p><p>Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India</p></td><td width="401" valign="top"><p>Prof. Mukesh Khare, C.E., Ph.D. (UK)</p><p>Environmental Engineering</p><p>Department of Civil Engineering</p><p>Indian Institute of Technology Delhi</p><p>Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b> </b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>ABOUT THE JOURNAL</b></p><p>The IIOAB Journal is an international open access Journal that deals with multidisciplinary sciences and technology. The Journal is having world class Editorial board and follows a rapid peer review to select high-quality articles and their fast publication. IIOABJ is indexed in several international indexing agencies including <b>SCOPUS</b>. <i>The IIOAB Journal’s IndexCopernicus (IC) Value is <b>5.16 (2011</b>) and Scientific Journal <b>IF: 4.13 (2012</b>).</i></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>ABOUT THE ISSUE</b></p><p>The special issue will include full research papers, short communications and critical reviews on various topics dealing with environmental pollution and control. The subject areas include, but are not limited to</p><ul><li>Water and Soil: Pollution and remediation of Heavy metals, pesticides, PAHs, EDCs, POPs, Pharmaceuticals, Nanoparticles, Emerging environmental contaminants.</li><li>Human and ecological risk assessment for various toxicants</li><li>Solid waste pollution, monitoring, and management</li><li>Recent tools and techniques of Bioremediation</li><li>Algal technologies for water and wastewater treatments</li><li>Phytoremediation of various types of pollutants</li><li>Emerging technologies of environmental pollution monitoring and control</li><li>Biotechnological tools and techniques of environmental pollution control</li><li>Air: Pollution, monitoring, and control of particulates, VOCs.</li><li>Air pollution and climate change</li></ul><p> </p><p><b>Important dates:</b></p><p>Submission deadline: July 1, 2016</p><p>Review notification: July 21, 2016</p><p>Final Version: Aug 15, 2016</p><p>Publication: Aug 31, 2016</p><p> </p><p><b>Submission guidelines</b></p><p>Please visit journal website (<a href="http://www.iioab.org/">www.iioab.org</a>) for more information about the Journal’s policies and submission process. Use IIOABJ template for the preparation of the manuscripts. For details refer, “Instruction to the Authors” at: <a href="http://www.iioab.org/guideforauthors.htm">http://www.iioab.org/guideforauthors.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>To submit an article to this special Issue, please send the manuscript to the guest editor at <a href="mailto:sanjuenv@gmail.com">sanjuenv@gmail.com</a>. Please mention that the submission is for the special issue: <b>WASPMR</b> in the subject line of the cover letter. </p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839254489,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Brochure, IIOABJ Call for papers.docx</a></p></div>
“Adaptive Soil Management : From Theory to Practices” (Springer Publication)
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/adaptive-soil-management-from-theory-to-practices-springer
2015-11-05T05:21:15.000Z
2015-11-05T05:21:15.000Z
Dr.Amitava Rakshit
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<div><p>Dear Authors,<br /> <br /> We have decided to publish an edited book entitled “Adaptive Soil Management : From Theory to Practices” (Springer Publication) which will provide a resource rich in data that gives professional soil scientists, agronomists, engineers, ecologists, biologists, naturalists, and their students a handy reference about the discipline of soil science. Being an expert in this area, We formally invite you to contribute a chapter as per your choice.Interested authors can send their formal acceptance of the invitation along with the proposed title for contributing the chapter(amitavar@bhu.ac.in). Your cooperation is highly solicited in completing the task well in time. We look forward to receive your communication and favor.<br /> <br /> With sincere regards,<br /> <br /> Amitava Rakshit, PC Abhilash, Harikesh Bahadur Singh & Subhadip Ghosh</p></div>
Drinking Water Security in South Asia: Scaling for India's Swachch Bharat Abhiyan
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/drinking-water-security-in-south-asia-scaling-for-india-s-swachch
2015-10-27T03:00:06.000Z
2015-10-27T03:00:06.000Z
Anil Kumar Gupta
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<div><p><span>This article makes a strategic and technical analysis of drinking water challenge and improvement status in the countries of South Asia; India's recent initiatives under various programmes including relationship with the nation's Clean India drive, to safeguard water, health and natural resources in order to help reduce the risk of drought and flooding impacts. </span></p><ul><li><span class="title">Author(s):</span> Gupta, Anil Kumar</li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=46371">http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=46371</a></li></ul><p></p><p><span><em>Water Digest, 2015 March, vol. 9, issue 1, pp. 58-74</em></span></p><p></p><ul><li><span class="title">Source(s):</span> <span><a href="http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/contacts/v.php?id=17436">Advanced Water Digest</a></span></li><li><span class="title">Publication date:</span> <span>2015</span></li><li><span class="title">Author(s):</span> <span>Gupta, Anil Kumar</span></li><li><span class="title">Number of pages:</span> <span>11 </span></li><li><span><a href="http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=46371">http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=46371</a></span></li></ul><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839254015,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Drinking Water Security in South Asia.pdf</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839254053,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">water digest contents.jpg</a></p></div>
MELTING CRUCIBLES - Quantitative Assessment of Erosion of Traditional Knowledge among tribal communities of the Western Ghats; A Natural Heritage Site
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/melting-crucibles-quantitative-assessment-of-erosion-of
2015-05-05T09:07:48.000Z
2015-05-05T09:07:48.000Z
Sooraj N P
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<div><p>Hereby introducing this book which is from Dept of Ecological Informatics, IIITM-K, Trivandrum. Excerpts can be accessed through Research Gate. Please have a look into it</p><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275830463_MELTING_CRUCIBLES_-_Quantitative_Assessment_of_Erosion_of_Traditional_Knowledge_among_tribal_communities_of_the_Western_Ghats_A_Natural_Heritage_Site" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275830463_MELTING_CRUCIBLES_-_Quantitative_Assessment_of_Erosion_of_Traditional_Knowledge_among_tribal_communities_of_the_Western_Ghats_A_Natural_Heritage_Site</a></p><p></p><p>Thank you</p><p></p></div>
Reuse Recycled Water Policy
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/reuse-recycled-water-policy
2014-12-28T07:09:19.000Z
2014-12-28T07:09:19.000Z
Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth
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<div><p>Is there any Indian Government Recycled Water Use Policy. Please specify. What are the uses of Recycled water</p></div>
Albizia Amara
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/albizia-amara
2014-11-19T05:01:21.000Z
2014-11-19T05:01:21.000Z
Lokesh.L
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<div>Can you give me some journals related to Albizia Amara plant?</div>
Environment (Protection)Amendment Rules, 2014-Notification No. GSR.02(E) dated 2nd January, 2014
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/environment-protection-amendment-rules-2014-notification-no-gsr
2014-11-14T13:25:12.000Z
2014-11-14T13:25:12.000Z
jasbinder singh shergill
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<div><p><span>Please find attached Environmen</span><span>t (Protectio</span><span>n)Amendmen</span><span>t Rules, 2014-Notif</span><span>ication No. GSR.02(E) dated 2nd January, 2014 regarding supply and use of coal with ash content not exceeding 34% to coal based Thermal Power Plants</span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839252680,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">gsr-02e.pdf</a></p></div>
CPCB - Guidelines for Online Continuous measurement of Effluents
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/cpcb-guidelines-for-online-continuous-measurement-of-effluents
2014-11-13T07:42:09.000Z
2014-11-13T07:42:09.000Z
Rajprabu
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<div><div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', geneva;" class="font-size-2">Dear Team,</span></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', geneva;" class="font-size-2">CPCB published the <em>"Guidelines for Online Continuous measurement of Effluents"</em> recently.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', geneva;" class="font-size-2">Click the link below to get copy.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', geneva;" class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.cpcb.nic.in/FinalGuidelinse.pdf">http://www.cpcb.nic.in/FinalGuidelinse.pdf</a> </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', geneva;" class="font-size-2">This Document is having the information about which technology is suitable for different applications like fresh water or waste water measurement.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', geneva;" class="font-size-2">Thanks & Regards</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', geneva;" class="font-size-2">Rajprabu.D</span></div></div></div></div>
Call for Papers
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/call-for-papers-1
2014-11-13T07:30:00.000Z
2014-11-13T07:30:00.000Z
Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth
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<div><p></p><p></p><p align="center"><b><i>Recycling Waste Water AND REUSE SYSTEM</i></b></p><p><b><i> </i></b></p><p><b>Reclaimed water</b> or <b>recycled water</b> is former wastewater (sewage) that is treated to remove solids and impurities, and used in sustainable landscaping irrigation, to recharge groundwater aquifers, to meet commercial and industrial water needs, and for drinking. The purpose of these processes is sustainability and water conservation, rather than discharging the treated water to surface waters such as rivers and oceans. Recycled water can be used for stream flow augmentation to benefit ecosystems and improve aesthetics. The definition of reclaimed water, as defined by Levine and Asano, is "The end product of wastewater reclamation that meets water quality requirements for biodegradable materials, suspended matter and pathogens. Simply stated, reclaimed water is water that is used more than one time before it passes back into the natural water cycle. Scientifically-proven advances in water technology allow communities to reuse water for many different purposes, including industrial, irrigation and drinking. The water is treated differently depending upon the source and use of the water and how it gets delivered. Cycled repeatedly through the planetary hydrosphere, all water on Earth is recycled water, but the terms "recycled water" or "reclaimed water" typically mean wastewater sent from a home or business through a pipeline system to a treatment facility, where it is treated to a level consistent with its intended use. The water is then routed directly to a recycled water system for uses such as irrigation or industrial cooling.</p><p>In spite of quite simple methods that incorporate the principles of water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) for easy recovery of storm water runoff, there remains a common perception that reclaimed water must involve sophisticated and technically complex treatment systems, attempting to recover the most complex and degraded types of sewage. As this effort is supposedly driven by sustainability factors, this type of implementation should inherently be associated with point source solutions, where it is most economical to achieve the expected outcomes. Harvesting of storm water or rainwater can be an extremely simple to comparatively complex, as well as energy and chemical intensive, recovery of more contaminated sewage.</p><p>Reclaimed water is highly engineered for safety and reliability so that the quality of reclaimed water is more predictable than many existing surface and groundwater sources. Reclaimed water is considered safe when appropriately used. Reclaimed water planned for use in recharging aquifers or augmenting surface water receives adequate and reliable treatment before mixing with naturally occurring water and undergoing natural restoration processes. Some of this water eventually becomes part of drinking water supplies.</p><p>A water quality study published in 2009 compared the water quality differences of reclaimed/recycled water, surface water, and groundwater. Results indicate that reclaimed water, surface water, and groundwater are more similar than dissimilar with regard to constituents. The researchers tested for 244 representative constituents typically found in water. When detected, most constituents were in the parts per billion and parts per trillion ranges. DEET (a bug repellant), and Caffeine were found in all water types and virtually in all samples. Triclosan (in anti-bacterial soap & toothpaste) was found in all water types, but detected in higher levels (parts per trillion) in reclaimed water than in surface or groundwater. Very few hormones/steroids were detected in samples, and when detected were at very low levels. Haloacetic acids (a disinfection by-product) were found in all types of samples, even groundwater. The largest difference between reclaimed water and the other waters appears to be that reclaimed water has been disinfected and thus has disinfection by-products (due to chlorine use).</p><p>A 2005 study titled "Irrigation of Parks, Playgrounds, and Schoolyards with Reclaimed Water" found that there had been no incidences of illness or disease from either microbial pathogens or chemicals, and the risks of using reclaimed water for irrigation are not measurably different from irrigation using potable water. Studies by the National Academies of Science, the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency, and others have found reclaimed water to be safe for agricultural use.</p><p>There is debate about possible health and environmental effects. To address these concerns, A Risk Assessment Study of potential health risks of recycled water and comparisons to conventional Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Product (PPCP) exposures was conducted by the Water Reuse Research Foundation. For each of four scenarios in which people come into contact with recycled water used for irrigation - children on the playground, golfers, and landscape, and agricultural workers - indicate that it could take anywhere from a few years to millions of years of exposure to nonpotable recycled water to reach the same exposure to PPCPs that we get in a single day through routine activities.</p><h3><i>Testing Standards</i></h3><p>Reclaimed water is not regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but the EPA has developed water reuse guidelines that were most recently updated in 2012. The EPA Guidelines for Water Reuse represents the international standard for best practices in water reuse. The document was developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the global consultancy CDM Smith. The Guidelines provide a framework for states to develop regulations that incorporate the best practices and address local requirements. Ongoing wastewater research sometimes raise concerns about pathogens in the water. Many pathogens cannot be detected by currently used tests. Recent literature also questions the validity of testing for "indicator organisms" instead of pathogens. Nor do present standards consider interactions of heavy metals and pharmaceuticals which may foster the development of drug resistant pathogens in waters derived from sewage. To address these concerns about the source water, reclaimed water providers use multi-barrier treatment processes and constant monitoring to ensure that reclaimed water is safe and treated properly for the intended end use.</p><h2><i>Distribution and Demand</i></h2><p>Nonpotable reclaimed water is often distributed with a dual piping network that keeps reclaimed water pipes completely separate from potable water pipes. In the United States and some other countries, nonpotable reclaimed water is distributed in lavender (light purple) pipes to distinguish it from potable water. The use of the color purple for pipes carrying recycled water was pioneered by the Irvine Ranch Water District in Irvine, California. In many cities using reclaimed water, it is now in such demand that consumers are only allowed to use it on assigned days. Some cities that previously offered unlimited reclaimed water at a flat rate are now beginning to charge citizens by the amount they use.</p><h2><i>Potable Uses</i></h2><p>Some water agencies reuse highly treated effluent from municipal wastewater or resource recovery plants as a reliable, drought proof source of drinking water. By using advanced purification processes, they produce water that meets all applicable drinking water standards. System reliability and frequent monitoring and testing are imperative to them meeting stringent controls. The water needs of a community, water sources, public health regulations, costs, and the types of water infrastructure in place, such as distribution systems, man-made reservoirs, or natural groundwater basins, determine if and how reclaimed water can be part of the drinking water supply. Communities in El Paso, Texas and Orange County, California, for example, reuse water to replenish groundwater basins. Others, such as the Upper Occoquan Service Authority in Virginia, put it into surface water reservoirs. In these instances the reclaimed water is blended with other water supplies and/or sits in storage for a certain amount of time before it is drawn out and gets treated again at a water treatment or distribution system. In some Texas communities, the reused water is put directly into pipelines that go to a water treatment plant or distribution system. And in Singapore the reused water is bottled directly from an advanced water purification facility for educational and celebratory purposes. Though most of the reused water is used for high-tech industry in Singapore, a small amount is returned to reservoirs for drinking water.</p><p>A 2012 study conducted by the National Research Council found that the risk of exposure to certain microbial and chemical contaminants from drinking reclaimed water does not appear to be any higher than the risk experienced in at least some current drinking water treatment systems, and may be orders of magnitude lower. This report recommends adjustments to the federal regulatory framework that could enhance public health protection for both planned and unplanned (<i>or de facto</i>) reuse and increase public confidence in water reuse.</p><p>Modern technologies such as <b><i>reverse osmosis</i></b> and <b><i>ultraviolet</i></b> (RO+UV) disinfection are commonly used when reclaimed water will be mixed with the drinking water supply. An experiment by the University of New South Wales reportedly showed a reverse osmosis system removed ethinylestradiol and paracetamol from the wastewater, even at 1000 times the expected concentration.</p><p>Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts have been able to drink recycled urine due to the introduction of the ECLSS system. The system cost $250 million and has been working since May 2009. The system recycles wastewater and urine back into potable water used for drinking, food preparation, and oxygen generation. This cuts back on the need for resupplying the space station so often.</p><h3><i>Indirect potable reuse</i></h3><p>Some municipalities are using and others are investigating Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR) of reclaimed water. For example, reclaimed water may be pumped into (subsurface recharge) or percolated down to (surface recharge) groundwater aquifers, pumped out, treated again, and finally used as drinking water. This technique may also be referred to as <i>groundwater recharging</i>. This includes slow processes of further multiple purification steps via the layers of earth/sand (absorption) and micro flora in the soil (biodegradation).</p><h3><i>Direct Potable Reuse</i></h3><p>In a Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) scheme, water is put directly into pipelines that go to a water treatment plant or distribution system. Direct potable reuse may occur with or without “engineered storage” such as underground or above ground tanks. Communities in Texas have implemented DPR projects, and the state of California is studying the feasibility of developing DPR regulations.</p><h3><i>Unplanned Potable Reuse</i></h3><p>Water reuse occurs in various ways throughout the world. It happens daily on rivers and other water bodies everywhere. If you live in a community downstream of another, chances are you are reusing its water and likewise communities downstream of you are most likely reusing your water. Unplanned Indirect Potable Use has existed even before the introduction of reclaimed water. Many cities already use water from rivers that contain effluent discharged from upstream sewage treatment plants. There are many large towns on the River Thames upstream of London (Oxford, Reading, Swindon, Bracknell) that discharge their treated sewage ("non-potable water") into the river, which is used to supply London with water downstream. This phenomenon is also observed in the United States, where the Mississippi River serves as both the destination of sewage treatment plant effluent and the source of potable water. Research conducted in the 1960s by the London Metropolitan Water Board demonstrated that the maximum extent of recycling water is about 11 times before the taste of water induces nausea in sensitive individuals. This is caused by the buildup of inorganic ions such as Cl<sup>-</sup>, SO4<sup>2-</sup>, K<sup>+</sup> and Na<sup>+</sup>, which are not removed by conventional sewage treatment.</p><h3><i>Space Travel</i></h3><p>Wastewater reclamation can be especially important in relation to human spaceflight. In 1998, NASA announced it had built a human waste reclamation bioreactor designed for use in the International Space Station and a manned Mars mission. Human urine and feces are input into one end of the reactor and pure oxygen, pure water, and compost (humanure) are output from the other end. The soil could be used for growing vegetables, and the bioreactor also produces electricity.</p><h2><i>Treatment Improvements</i></h2><p>As world populations require both more clean water and better ways to dispose of wastewater, the demand for water reclamation will increase. Future success in water reuse will depend on whether this can be done without adverse effects on human health and the environment.</p><p>In the United States, reclaimed waste water is generally treated to secondary level when used for irrigation, but there are questions about the adequacy of that treatment. Some leading scientists in the main water society, AWWA, have long believed that secondary treatment is insufficient to protect people against pathogens, and recommend adding at least membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, ozonation, or other advanced treatments for irrigation water.</p><p>Recent Advances in Reverse Osmosis have been in different countries, but have consistently produced very high quality water all the same. In Singapore, reclaimed water, also known as NEWater has become cleaner than the Government issue tap water. Also, according to Bartels, the Bedok Demonstration Plant, which uses RO membranes, has successfully run for the past 3 years, producing high quality wastewater all the while.</p><p>Seepage of nitrogen and phosphorus into ground and surface water is also becoming a serious problem, and will probably lead to at least tertiary treatment of reclaimed water to remove nutrients in the future. Even using secondary treatment, water quality can be improved. Water quality can also be improved as it passes through the subsurface mixing zone where surface water and groundwater combine. Testing for pathogens using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) instead of older culturing techniques, and changing the discredited fecal coloform "indicator organism" standard would be improvements.</p><p>In a large study treatment plants showed that they could significantly reduce the numbers of parasites in effluent, just by making adjustments to the currently used process. But, even using the best of current technology, risk of spreading drug resistance in the environment through wastewater effluent, would remain.</p><p>Some scientists have suggested that there need to be basic changes in treatment, such as using bacteria to degrade waste based on nitrogen (urine) and not just carbonaceous (fecal) waste, saying that this would greatly improve effectiveness of treatment. Currently designed plants do not deal well with contaminants in solution (e.g. pharmaceuticals). "Dewatering" solids is a major problem. Some wastes could be disposed of without mixing them with water to begin with. In an interesting innovation, solids (sludge) could be removed before entering digesters and burned into a gas that could be used to run engines.</p><p>Emerging disinfection technologies include ultrasound, pulse arc electro hydraulic discharge, and bank filtration. Another issue is concern about weakened mandates for pretreatment of industrial wastes before they are made part of the municipal waste stream. Some also believe that hospitals should treat their own wastes. The safety of drinking reclaimed water which has been given advanced treatment and blended with other waters, remains controversial.</p><h3><i>Other Alternatives</i></h3><p>In urban areas where climate change has threatened long-term water security and reduced rainfall over catchment areas, using reclaimed water for indirect potable use may be superior to other water supply augmentation methods. One other commonly used option is seawater desalination. Recycling wastewater and desalinating seawater may have many of the same disadvantages, including high costs of water treatment, infrastructure construction, transportation, and waste disposal problems. Although the best option varies from region to region, desalination is often superior economically, as reclaimed water usually requires a dual piping network, often with additional storage tanks, when used for nonpotable use.</p><p>A less elaborate alternative to reclaimed water is a Greywater system. Greywater is wastewater that has been used in sinks, baths, showers, or washing machines, but does not contain sewage (see black water) and has not been treated at the same levels as recycled water. In a home system, treated or untreated Greywater may be used to flush toilets or for irrigation. Some systems now exist which directly use Greywater from a sink to flush a toilet.</p><p>Perhaps the simplest option is a rainwater harvesting system. Although there are concerns about the quality of rainwater in urban areas, due to air pollution and acid rain, many systems exist now to use untreated rainwater for nonpotable uses or treated rainwater for direct potable use. Urban design systems which incorporate rainwater harvesting and reduce runoff are known as Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) in Australia, Low Impact Development (LID) in the United States and Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) in the United Kingdom. There are also concerns about rainwater harvesting systems reducing the amount of run-off entering natural bodies of water.</p><p>Reusing and recycling alternative water supplies is a key part of reducing the pressure on our water resources and the environment. Helping us adapt to climate change and population growth. When considering alternative water supplies, you should choose the most appropriate water source, taking into account end use, risk, resource and energy requirements. It is better to reduce water use and avoid generating wastewater in the first place, than to have to identify alternative water supplies and reuse options.</p><p><b><i>Grey Water</i></b></p><p>Greywater (all non-toilet household wastewater) can be a good water resource during times of drought and water restrictions, but its reuse can carry health and environmental risks.</p><p><b><i>Treated Sewage</i></b></p><p>Recycling wastewater can ease the pressure on our water resources and avoid the need to discharge wastewater to the environment. Recycling wastewater can provide water that, with some management controls, is suitable for a wide range of uses including irrigation and toilet flushing.</p><p><b><i>Industrial Water</i></b></p><p>Reusing and recycling industrial water can ease the pressure on our water resources and avoid the need to discharge to the sewer and/or environment. With appropriate management, which may include treatment, industrial water can be used for a wide range of purposes including industrial uses (e.g. cooling or material washing) or non-industrial uses (e.g. irrigation or toilet flushing). To reuse industrial water in a safe and sustainable way you should identify, assess and appropriately manage the risks.</p><p><b><i>Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)</i></b></p><p>In urban areas where there's not enough surface water storage, aquifers can provide a way to store excess water when it becomes available until the time it is needed. Intentionally injecting or depositing water into an aquifer and then extracting the water for use at a later date is known as managed aquifer recharge (MAR). There has been an increasing interest in using MAR as a mechanism to store and later supply an alternative water source for various uses. For example, storm water could be injected into an aquifer and then later reused for watering parks and gardens in drier seasons.</p><h2><i>Worldwide Applications and Acceptance</i></h2><p>As of 2010, Israel leads the world in the proportion of water it recycles. Israel treats 80per cent of its sewage (400 billion liters a year), and 100per cent of the sewage from the Tel Aviv metropolitan area is treated and reused as irrigation water for agriculture and public works. The remaining sludge is currently pumped into the Mediterranean; however a new bill has passed stating a conversion to treating the sludge to be used as manure. Only 20per cent of the treated water is lost (due to evaporation, leaks, overflows and seeping). The recycled water allows farmers to plan ahead and not be limited by water shortages. There are many levels of treatment, and many different ways of treating the water—which leads to a big difference in the quality of the end product. The best quality of reclaimed sewage water comes from adding a gravitational filtering step, after the chemical and biological cleansing. This method uses small ponds in which the water seeps through the sand into the aquifer in about 400 days, then is pumped out as clear purified water. This is nearly the same process used in the space station water recycling system, which turns urine and feces into purified drinking water, oxygen and manure. To add to the efficiency of the Israeli system - the reclaimed sewage water may be mixed with reclaimed sea water (Plans are in action to increase the desalinization program up to 50per cent of the countries usage by 2013 - 600 billion liters of drinkable sea water a year), along with aquifer water and fresh sweet lake water - monitored by computer to account for the nationwide needs and input. This action reduced the outdated risk of salt and mineral percentages in the water. Plans to implement this overall usage of reclaimed water for drinking are discouraged by the psychological preconception of the public for the quality of reclaimed water, and the fear of its origin. As of today, all the reclaimed sewage water in Israel is used for agricultural and land improvement purposes.</p><p>The second largest waste reclamation program in the world is in Spain, where 12 per cent of the nation's waste is treated. The leaders in use of reclaimed water in the U.S. are Florida and California, with Irvine Ranch Water District as one of the leading developers. They were the first district to approve the use of reclaimed water for in-building piping and use in flushing toilets.</p><p>In a January 2012 U.S. National Research Council report, a committee of independent experts found that expanding the reuse of municipal wastewater for irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation could significantly increase the United States’ total available water resources. The committee noted that a portfolio of treatment options is available to mitigate water quality issues in reclaimed water. The report also includes a risk analysis that suggests the risk of exposure to certain microbial and chemical contaminants from drinking reclaimed water is not any higher than the risk from drinking water from current water treatment systems—and in some cases, may be orders of magnitude lower. The report concludes that adjustments to the federal regulatory framework could enhance public health protection and increase public confidence in water reuse. As Australia continues to battle the 7–10-year drought, nationwide, reclaimed effluent is becoming a popular option. Two major capital cities in Australia, Adelaide and Brisbane, have already committed to adding reclaimed effluent to their dwindling dams. Brisbane has been seen as a leader in this trend, and other cities and towns will review the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project once completed. Goulbourn, Canberra, Newcastle, and Regional Victoria, Australia are already considering building a reclaimed effluent process. Europe and the Mediterranean countries are lagging behind California, Japan, and Australia in the extent to which reuse is being taken up. The concept (of reuse) is difficult for the regulators and wider public to understand and accept.</p><p><b><i>India’s Experience</i></b>:</p><p>The optimist might argue that the glass is half full, while the pessimist might think otherwise. However, both arguments lose steam if the glass has contaminated water, the quantity notwithstanding. Even as you read this, millions of litres of wastewater, generated in India's urban and rural areas on a daily basis, are getting dumped in its already polluted water bodies. There is a good chance that this water has already entered or may enter the human chain. What follows are outbreaks of water-borne diseases, contaminated water-related deaths, not to mention environmental damage. While on one hand we aspire to be a superpower, on the other, we are doing little to mitigate our water woes. Of the sewage generated in India on a daily basis, only 30per cent gets treated. This means 70 per cent of untreated sewage ends up in water bodies that serve as sources of municipal water. No wonder, clean water is fast becoming a scarce resource. If a checklist is to be made of the factors that contribute to a country's progress, efficient water management might feature right on top. Even the government's Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2012-2017) says that an economic growth of 8per cent - 9per cent is only possible if water requirements of the expanding population can be met. Despite this, wastewater management receives scant attention in India. India is beset by so many other problems that water and wastewater management still doesn't seem to feature on its priority list. Besides, the cost of land and cost of construction and maintenance of sewage treatment plants is quite high. As a result, wastewater treatment is often exempt from urban planning. But with freshwater reserves going down by the day, it is imperative for urban and rural areas to place a premium on wastewater treatment. "By 2030, water demand in India will grow to almost 1.5 trillion cubic metres with supply at approximately 740 billion cubic metres. This gap will need to be bridged by several initiatives ranging from National River linking projects, infrastructure rehabilitation, reducing transport losses to wastewater reuse. "Absent or ineffective government policies coupled with inefficient local level implementation have not necessitated industries and municipalities to focus on wastewater reuse," Is better policymaking the need of the hour? Water in India is primarily a state subject. However, these laws are inadequate when it comes to addressing India's water woes. As a result, the Draft National Water Framework Bill, 2013 states that a set of fundamental principles should guide water governance throughout the country irrespective of divergence in approach. However, central government-formulated policy will not just be helpful, but completely necessary to remove the multitude of local/state legislations. National wastewater reuse scheme allows the private sector to directly work under central government schemes, thereby reducing dependence on states which lend uncertainty to projects given the weak financial positions of states and state entities, except some states. Barring government policies, there is a lot of skepticism among people too when it comes to using treated wastewater even for non-potable purposes. This perception of wastewater not being a reusable resource needs to change. While policy making will help, what needs to change is the mindset of people. Do we need more government incentives? The magnitude of wastewater generated in India is so huge (nearly 40,000 million litres of sewage is generated per day) that public investment alone will not help. Private-public partnerships (PPP) are then the way out. To rope in private players, adequate incentives are needed. "By current estimates of experts, India will require an annual budget of USD 6 billion for meeting its water requirements by 2030," says Singh. "The government will not be able to do this herculean task on its own and will require the private sector to chip in as well. The private sector however will require government incentives for active participation." Kolhapur in Maharashtra has the distinction to be the first city to have opted for PPP for sewage treatment. Jamshedpur and Tirupur are other examples where PPP has been implemented. "Incentivising wastewater reuse and penalizing those who don't recycle sewage will have a 50-50 effect. There are regulations related to wastewater, but people find a way to outdo the system. Since we don't have wastewater reuse standards, we follow international ones and that it will help to have localized standards. Do municipalities need to be more responsible? An IDFC report points out that as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) rules, a city or town's municipality or water authority is responsible for collecting and treating 100 per cent of the sewage generated within its jurisdiction. However, since there are not enough sewage collection networks, only a small portion gets treated. This shows that urban infrastructure is in urgent need of upgrade. Since CPCB is not allowed to penalize water authorities that violate norms, most of them are non-compliant. Stricter laws will certainly help to advocate mandatory wastewater reuse for municipalities in a phased and time bound manner." These laws should be created keeping in mind the resources available at the disposal of the municipalities. Act before it’s too late Treated wastewater can be used for a number of non-potable purposes by industry as well as households. This not only reduces dependency on freshwater, but also keeps water pollution in check. If sewage treatment is not taken up on a war-footing, freshwater will soon vanish from Earth's surface. If India is to ensure overall progress, it must manage its water resources efficiently and this is only possible if we take wastewater treatment seriously.</p><p>Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies (<b><i>IDSAsr</i></b>) recognizes a clear need for new approaches to address the various problems in the <b><i>Recycling Waste Water and Reuse System</i></b><b>.</b> In order to develop the integrated solutions; <b><i>IDSAsr National Seminar</i></b> will be organized under the auspices of Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies. This seminar will put a lens on the problem while focusing on better understanding the concept, problems faced and policy solution. Further, the discussions will focus on identifying enabling conditions which facilitate the efficient water use. IDSAsr invites Article(s) from eminent Professors, Academics, Consultants, Practitioners, Technocrats, Research Scholars, NGOs, and Field Workers etc on different facets within the main theme of the seminar. Soft copy of the paper can be submitted at kainthgs@yahoo.com or idsasr@gmail.com</p><p><b><i>IMPORTANT DATES:</i></b></p><p><b><i>Submission of Abstract: January 31, 2015</i></b></p><p><b><i>Submission of full length papers: Feb 28, 2015</i></b></p><p><b><i>Expected Dates of Event: March 14-15,2015</i></b></p></div>
Our New Book on Legal Pluralism Perspective in Natural Resource Management
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2014-11-11T03:52:55.000Z
2014-11-11T03:52:55.000Z
Amalendu Jyotishi
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<div><p>This new book on Conflict, Negotiations and Natural Resource Management: A legal pluralism perspective from India, by Maarten Bavinck and Amalendu Jyotishi (eds.) might be interesting to some of you. This brand new research provides a timely and persuasive overview of the fundamental role of parallel legal systems in shaping how people manage natural resources. It will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of environmental law, property law, environmental politics, anthropology, sociology and geography. It is the result of a legal pluralism seminar, held in Coimbatore (India) in March 2012.</p><p>For more info, see: <a href="http://e.groupspaces.com/click/55dsq-2ss6p-2e4tiemgzh?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandf.net%2Fbooks%2Fdetails%2F9780203506028%2F" target="_blank">http<span> </span>://www<span> </span>.<span> </span>tandf<span> </span>.<span> </span>net/books/details/9780203506028/</a></p></div>
IJENAS International Journal of Environment and Natural Sciences (ISSN: 2349-3763) (A Peer-reviewed Research Journal)(<a href="http://www.ijenas.com">www.ijenas.com</a>)
https://www.paryavaran.com/forum/topics/ijenas-international-journal-of-environment-and-natural-sciences
2014-11-04T15:10:22.000Z
2014-11-04T15:10:22.000Z
Dr. Pulak Das
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<div><p><span><span class="font-size-4"><strong>IJENAS</strong></span> </span></p><p><span><span class="font-size-3"><span>Int</span>ernational Journal of Environment and Natural Sciences</span> (ISSN: 2349-3763) (A Peer-reviewed Research Journal)(<a href="http://www.ijenas.com/">www.ijenas.com</a>)</span></p><p><span style="color:#0000ff;">Welcome to the International Journal of Environment and Natural Sciences (IJENAS). IJENAS considers research articles, review papers, short communications, case reports, fact files, book reviews, and science reports related to all fields of environment and natural sciences of original contribution for peer review and publication. You can submit your articles to the following email : journalijenas@<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">gmail.com</span></span></p></div>
TERI's study on 'Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services'- Sharing the study outcomes
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2014-10-20T08:53:13.000Z
2014-10-20T08:53:13.000Z
Rozita Singh
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<div><p>Dear All,</p><p>TERI recently organised a national conference on 'Climate Resilient Coastal Cities' with an objective of sharing the outcomes and experiences from its year-long study titled 'Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services'. The study assessed the impact of sea level rise on the infrastructure and assets in the Indian cities of Panaji and Visakhapatnam. The study was supported by USAID as part of its Climate Resilient Infrastructure Services (CRIS) Program under the larger Climate Change Resilient Development (CCRD) Project. The conference focused on generating awareness and initiating dialogue on climate change issues and climate resilience planning of coastal cities in developing countries. We are very pleased to share the outcomes of the study with all of you.</p><p>The study reports: Case Study Briefs and the Working Paper are attached with this post and can also be accessed here: </p><p><a href="http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=details&sid=722&Itemid=110">http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=details&sid=722&Itemid=110</a></p><p>The study team will also be publishing a policy brief soon. We hope to continuously engage with our peer organisations and practitioners, city governments, community of researchers and academicians to collectively achieve the goal of climate resilient cities.</p><p>Best Regards,</p><p>Rozita Singh</p><p>Research Associate,</p><p>Sustainable Habitat Division, TERI</p><p>rozita.singh@teri.res.in</p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839252543,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Case Study Panaji.pdf</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839252600,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Case Study Vishakhapatnam.pdf</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3839252655,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">Working Paper.pdf</a></p></div>
SOFTWARE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT
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2014-09-10T03:43:54.000Z
2014-09-10T03:43:54.000Z
SANJAY AGGARWAL
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<div><p>We are managing many plants across India, where we ensure that:</p><p>1. CPCB norms are more stringently met.</p><p>2. Water is recycled completely</p><p>3.There is reduction in cost due to lesser energy usage and chemicals</p><p>4. There is no foul odour or vectors</p><p></p><p>In order to ENSURE the delivery of above benefits, we have to take many actions, which are of routine nature. We want to know if there is someone who may have developed a software for managing these plants. We know the information that we need. Once we know of such software, we can share the same with the person or organization. Kindly write to us on cloverorganic@gmail.com</p></div>
New Volume of IJENAS is published
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2014-09-07T07:54:51.000Z
2014-09-07T07:54:51.000Z
Dr. Pulak Das
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<div><div class="postbody"><p>Dear All,</p><p>The new volume (vol-2) of IJENAS is published on the website. Please go through it (<a href="http://www.ijenas.com/vol_2.html">http://www.ijenas.com/vol_2.html</a>).</p><p>Any kind of suggestions are always welcome.</p><p>You can submit your research work for Volume-4 now.</p><p>Thanks and regards</p><p><strong>Dr. Pulak Das</strong></p><p><strong>Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>IJENAS (<a href="http://www.ijenas.com">www.ijenas.com</a>)</p></div></div>