Technologies
Title: | Community Level Fluoride, Arsenic, Iron Removal (FAIR) Plant |
Area: | Engineering Sciences |
Focus Area: | Water Filtration |
Social Benefits: | Provides fluoride, arsenic, iron free water to the masses. Drinking fluoride, arsenic, iron-rich water over a long period impacts health in various ways, including skin problems skin cancer, cancers of the bladder, kidney and lung, high blood pressure and reproductive disorders, skeletal dental fluorosis. |
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 : | Water storage capacity: ~1200 L . Flowrate: ~450 L/hr . Cartridges : 4 Nos (replaceable) . Cartridges comprised of sand, gravels along with RD modified multifunctional adsorbent materials . Purification: 2 stages . Electricity Consumption: Power free (Gravitational Based) . Back washable Adsorbent lifetime: ~6 months . Cost of treated water: ~4 paisa/L . Application: Environmental (Clean Tech.) - Water treatment. |