Salient features:
Remove iron to the desired permissible limit (0.3ppm) of drinking water.
No electricity chemical required
. Completely green technology
. Flow rate : ~ 2 L/hour(approx.)
. Storage capacity : ~ 10 L
. No replacement of adsorbent. Backwashing facility is available
. Estimated cost of the iron filter unit : Rs 1000-1500 /- (approx)
Estimated filtration ability of filter medium (backwashing time) is around 40 days (for 7 ppm iron conc.) assuming consumption of 8L of water per day for a family.
Transferred to one Indian Industry in non-excl.basis and 20 Nos. of this unit were deployed in different villages under Gram Panchayats in WB.
Application: Environmental (Clean Tech.) - Water treatment.
Benefits
Provides iron free water to the masses where no electricity, chemicals are used and no replacement of adsorbent since backwash facility is available.
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