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water-treatment-plantIITKGP and WIN Foundation Project: Water Treatment System Developed

WIN Foundation Facebook Page (July 17, 2020)

MODULAR AND SCALABLE PLANT FOR TREATING SEWAGE RIGHT UP TO POTABLE LEVEL--IITKGP - WIN FOUNDATION PROJECT

The global water crisis is an alarming problem, and a top priority across the globe. The Indian scenario is no different and the Government of India has also rolled out several strategies and projects for conservation of water resources. Pollution control boards, local urban bodies across the country are focusing on wastewater treatment and recycling, as compared to the previous treatment and acceptable discharge practice. At this juncture, although such projects treat wastewater, several factors intimidate the end user from reusing this treated water. Other than the social stigma, the risk of bacteriological and pathogenic contamination, the quality of treated water not meeting the discharge standards and the fear of adverse effect on personal hygiene reduce the acceptability of such practices. For ensuring reliability and transparency, the designed systems must be well tested prior to implementation in public domain. Additionally, for long term sustainability, and to lure the corporate players, the treatment cost offered by such systems should be reasonably low to out-compete other water sources in the water scarce regions of the country. With this background and a vision to reframe the present water practices in the country, IIT Kharagpur and WIN Foundation have started this project, to design, build, operate and test the performance of a packaged wastewater treatment plant of 300 kilolitre per day capacity for facilitating safe reuse of the treated water inside the campus. The aim is also to design, build and validate the plant to allow for modular approach and different plant capacities for different needs of quality and quantity for different needs across the country. (Read More about the Project Details)