IIT Guwahati researchers develop technology to provide arsenic, fluoride-free drinking water in rural areas
Arsenic and fluoride contamination in drinking water is a foremost and growing concern among rural people not only in Assam but also in major parts of the country.
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have come up with a technology to provide iron, arsenic, fluoride, and other contaminants-free drinking water to the rural people of Assam with the help of their various prototype units and innovative technology. Arsenic and fluoride contamination in drinking water is a foremost and growing concern among rural people not only in Assam but also in major parts of the country and IIT Guwahati's technology will succor and assist the Government of India in providing contamination-free drinking water to the people.
Professor Mihir Kumar Purkait from the Department of Chemical Engineering has developed various types of prototype units (based on nanotechnology, adsorption, and electrocoagulation techniques) for the treatment of Iron, Arsenic and Fluoride contaminated drinking water for household and community purposes. Prof. M K Purkait of IIT Guwahati has also developed and installed many water treatment plants in schools, temples and in the rural areas where piped water supply is not available.
Speaking on World Water Day, Prof TG Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati said, “Supply of contaminant-free drinking water to the villagers where pipe water supply scheme from the Government has not yet reached them is a major problem in most of the States of the country, including Assam. The technology adopted here might be useful to the citizens both in rural and urban areas for getting contaminant-free drinking water. The initiatives taken by Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait of IIT Guwahati to supply contaminant-free drinking water to the schools and temples in the remote areas will definitely improve the rural health and fulfill the 6th Sustainable Development Goal.”
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