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

Sen Gupta, Bhaskar and Chatterjee, S. and Rott, U and Kauffman, H and Bandopadhyay, Amitava and DeGroot, W and Nag, N.K. and Carbonell-Barrachina, A.A. and Mukhopadhyay, Soumyadeep (2009): A simple chemical free arsenic removal method for community water supply - A case study from West Bengal, India. Published in: Environmental Pollution , Vol. 157, No. 12 (2009): pp. 3351-3353.

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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.

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