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

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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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Sen Gupta, Bhaskar ; Chatterjee, S. ; Rott, U ; Kauffman, H ; Bandopadhyay, Amitava ; DeGroot, W ; Nag, N.K. ; Carbonell-Barrachina, A.A. ; Mukhopadhyay, Soumyadeep
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Arsenic \| West Bengal \| Chemical free treatment \| Community water supply

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in Environmental Pollution 12.157(2009): pp. 3351-3353
Classification:	Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics. General ; Q01 - Sustainable Development ; Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation; Environmental Management ; Q3 - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation ; Q5 - Environmental Economics ; Q52 - Pollution Control Costs; Distributional Effects ; Q53 - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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