What is Bio-Sand Filter?

Filters made of concrete poured into steel moulds are layered with washed sand and gravel. Once water is poured from the top, it gets dissipated and flows through the layers…

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Best of waste

Concerns about the growing garbage in the city have prompted the Kulgaon-Badlapur, Municipal Council in Maharashtra to install two garbage treatment plants. These plants would treat wet waste organically and…

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Sanitation strategies

If the Urban Development Ministry had its way, cities across the country would have detailed sanitation strategies ready in the next two years. The Ministry with funds to the tune…

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A garage and a gallery

Luscious Garage, almost as the name suggests, is not your ordinary neighbourhood car garage. Nestled in downtown San Francisco, home to a very high concentration of hybrid cars, this is…

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Science of cleaning

The Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) recently held the 2008 Cleaning Science Conference and Symposium “Cleaning Science and Health . . . Making the Connection” at the University of Maryland…

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