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Title:

Hand Pump Attachable Iron Removal Plant for Community Water Supply

Open Source Knowhow
Value Proposition:
  • Oxidizes the dissolved iron : 1-30 mg/L
  • High Removal Efficiency and easy to operate
  • Single Unit System can provide 40 lpcd  iron free water to 250 persons and can be installed on existing hand pumps
  • No need of chemical addition, skilled operator, electric power and mechanical parts
  • Minimum maintenance with negligible operational cost
  • Pre-fabricated FRP units can be installed quickly
  • 900 plants are already installed by PHED and working efficiently in Iron affected areas in Chhattisgarh State
  • System cost : RCC – Rs. 50,000 and  FRP  - Rs.  90,000
  • Selected in DST - Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme 2013
Summary Application:

Removal of iron from groundwater for potable and other domestic purpose.

Open Source Technology
Advantages:
  • High Removal Efficiency and easy to operate.
  • No need of chemical addition, skilled operator, electric power and mechanical parts with minimum maintenance and negligible operational cost
  • Pre-fabricated FRP units can be installed quickly
Commercialization Status: Already Commercialised
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute[CSIR-NEERI]
:  director[at]neeri[dot]res[dot]in
:91-712-2249999
:https://www.neeri.res.in
Industrial Applications: Devices and Equipments [Environmental (Clean Tech.)] Pollution control [Environmental (Clean Tech.)] Process [Environmental (Clean Tech.)] Water treatment [Environmental (Clean Tech.)]
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