The Ganga water at Mahakumbh Sangam is safe for bathing, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) observed in its report, ...

Drinking water quality guidelines and ... occur under natural conditions. Major water pollutants include microbes, nutrients, heavy metals, organic chemicals, oil and sediments; heat, which ...

This can mean that drinking water is unsuitable or that surface water ... Water sources can be polluted by heavy metals, complex organic compounds such as petroleum by-products or pharmaceuticals, ...

From membrane filtration systems and nanotechnology to advanced oxidation processes, this article will review some of these ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a new material that could help reduce water pollution caused ... up of metal ions connected by organic molecules, forming a hollow ...

This is because high levels of pollution can impact the people’s health if contaminants get past water treatment systems. At present, 81% of drinking water comes from rivers, 16% from dams ...