Common methods of treating drinking water to remove/reduce the TDS and other harmful ions like Iron, Arsenic and Fluoride are Membrane separation Oxidation-flocculation-filtration Use absorbents such as activated alumina, activated carbon, chemical resins, etc. Any of the above techniques are used either exclusively or in combination, depending on the proposed usage and the size of [...] Read more
We all are groundwater users. Farmers use it for irrigation, industries for production and a vast majority of the population use it for drinking and domestic purposes. Although a renewable resource, Groundwater is limited in its occurrence in time and space. The mindless pursuit for extracting more and more groundwater by all the users has [...] Read more
The future of the groundwater scenario in our country, in general, appears to be very bleak. There is no doubt that the water table in most parts of our country will continue to fall at the present level of groundwater extraction. The blanket moratorium under the Environmental Protection Act (1997) on the construction of new [...] Read more