Water pollution

Contaminated water kills 9 in India’s Indore city; 200 hospitalised

Teams of doctors were deployed to administer door-to-door screening services.

PUB resumes operations at Johor River Waterworks one day after water pollution halted supply

Residents surveyed by Bernama expressed concern after hundreds of fish were found dead due to the muddy water in the river.

Absence of toxic foam in Indian river cheers Hindu devotees

Hindu devotees offering prayers to the sun god Surya in the Yamuna river in New Delhi on Oct 27.

Plastic waste from Asia inundates Sea of Japan coastline

Japan is one of the world’s largest generators of plastic waste.

‘Water lettuce’ chokes tourism, fishing at El Salvador lake

Government employees working to remove a huge carpet of aquatic plants (Pistia stratiotes) from Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador on Aug 12.

NEA green-lights activities, fishing in waters near Tuas Second Link after chemical tank accident

NEA said it has been monitoring the water quality along the Straits of Johor and near the incident site.

Giant algal bloom off South Australia devastates marine life, threatens seafood exports

A report by a group of environmental experts released on July 24 said the algal bloom marked “one of the worst marine disasters in living memory”.

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