Technologies

Engineering Sciences

Title:

Domestic Arsenic Water Filter

Area:

Engineering Sciences

Focus Area:

Water Filtration

Social Benefits:

Provides arsenic free water to the masses, Long-term exposure toarsenicin drinkingwatercan cause cancer in the skin, lungs, bladder and kidney, It can also cause other skin changes such as thickening and pigmentation. Exposure toarsenicin the workplace by inhalation can also cause lung cancer

Developing Agency:

CSIR- Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), West Bengal

Technology Readiness Index:

Technology Demonstration

Email:

director@cmeri.res.in
Website Link :http://www.cmeri.res.in
Source (more info) :https://t.ly/l_sb

Brief Description

Description :

Salient features: Flow rate: 4-5 L/H,. Filtering capacity: 1800 L/Cartridge. Filterable arsenic concentration: ~0.3 ppm . Water storage capacity: ~25 L . Affordable and Power free arsenic filter . Cost of purified water : ~10.0 paisa/Liter . Purification Stage: 4- Stages . Maintenance: Through washing the media . 20 Nos. unit deployed in West Bengal for the common people in the areas having elevated level of arsenic in their hand-tubewells. Application: Environmental (Clean Tech.) - Water treatment.

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