A simple chemical free arsenic removal method for community water supply - A case study from West Bengal, India

Sen Gupta, B. and Chatterjee, S. and Rott, U. and Kauffman, H. and Bandopadhyay, A. and DeGroot, W. and Nag, N.K. and Carbonell-Barrachina, A.A. and Mukhopadhyay, S. (2009) A simple chemical free arsenic removal method for community water supply - A case study from West Bengal, India. Environmental Pollution, 157 (12). pp. 3351-3353. ISSN 0269-7491,

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Abstract

This report describes a simple chemical free method that was successfully used by a team of European and Indian scientists (www.qub.ac.uk/tipot) to remove arsenic (As) from groundwater in a village in West Bengal, India. Six such plants are now in operation and are being used to supply water to the local population (www.insituarsenic.org). The study was conducted in Kasimpore, a village in North 24 Parganas District, approximately 25 km from Kolkata. In all cases, total As in treated water was less than the WHO guideline value of 10 mg/L. The plant produces no sludge and the operation cost is 1.0 US$ per day for producing 2000 L of potable water.

Item Type:	Article
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Additional Information:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.09.014
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Arsenic, West Bengal, Chemical free treatment, Community water supply
Subjects:	T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
Depositing User:	Mr. Soumyadeep Mukhopadhyay
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2014 03:21
Last Modified:	22 May 2017 08:21
URI:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/11510

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