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DM 06 - 880
Soumyadeep Mukherjee, M.Sc
Team Leader
World Bank Project
M.Tech (4th Semester),
Safety & Occupational Health Engg,
BESU, Shibpur
What is DM 06 880 ?
Here, a hundred year old German technique for removal of iron & manganese from
groundwater has been applied for arsenic removal in West Bengal.
While filtration techniques provide instantaneous curative measure for a limited time
period, this technology provides long term curative as well as preventive measures.
The ground water is then brought into active contact with the oxygen of air
by the help of showerheads. No chemical is used at all.
This treatment, when carried out for a few weeks, produce arsenic & iron
free drinking water as per WHO guideline.
Also, if this treatment is carried on for a few years, then it has the capacity
of treating the aquifer up to a considerable distance around the plant.
This treatment method is very simple & the O&M part can be performed by
the villagers alone. Only basic training is needed.
More there is iron in water, more effective is the process. Luckily, in the
Bengal delta region, the iron concentration in the ground water is fairly high.
Minimum maintenance cost signifies that these are not going to be another
costly showpiece at the side of the village roads.
Low cost will help the communities to run it for a significantly long period of
time even in the time of inflations & economic turbulence. (ie even when
alumina & chemicals can cost them a fortune)
A few village boys/girls will get a part time job. The self-help groups can pay
them money on hour basis work. (One cycle takes around 2 hrs to complete
to produce 4000lt of safe water)
Each of the project sites were selected very carefully after doing extensive
socio-economic survey, WTP analysis & food safety research.
Each of these plants have started delivering water to the people within 2
months of their installation.
Continuous monitoring of water quality has been carried out by the research
assistants at the laboratory for the last one year to ensure the quality of the
delivered water.
The village operators & technicians have been involved in the maintenance
jobs so that they will be able to troubleshoot any mechanical problem in
future.
Chakdaha Plant
Gobardanga Plant
Ranaghat Plant
Nilgunj Plant
The Showerheads
Our Productions
A Documentary Film with the Title:
Subterranean Arsenic Removal Delivering Drops of Life
A project website: www.insituarsenic.org
Functional
Steps
Construction
Item
Building, Plumbing,
Electrical equipments &
wiring
Cost (approx)
In Rs
Comment
Rs 1,50,000
This is a one-time
cost. (Funding
Agencies may
bear this cost)
Electricity Bill
Operation
Maintenance
Limitations
High iron content in the groundwater and efficient aeration processes are pre-requisites for this
technology to work.
Electrical connection will produce most desirable condition because, in that case, submersible
pump can be used for pumping up ground water.
Earlier, this type of in-situ treatment technology was used in Bangladesh, but in that case, hand
pump was used. The aeration was insufficient & the experiment didnt yield expected result.
Regular operation is needed to maintain the oxidation zone of the aquifer in good condition.
Thats why this process is a long term one.
No instantaneous solution can be achieved from this technology. A minimum time of 45 days is
to be allowed initially to produce the desired result. After that, regular operation will produce
good quality water for the coming ten years or more.
Best practices & amount of water drawn suitable for Bengal delta region for
maximum level of sustainability.
If large no of this type of plants are being installed in rural areas, then the
aquifers will definitely revert back to their original quality within a few years.
NGOs which are highly accepted among the mass (even religious bodies) to
be involved in this work for larger acceptance & awareness generation.
The NGO approach model will be very much ideal for Bangladesh while a
mixed Panchayat-NGO-Institute model will be best for West Bengal.
Thank
You