IIT-KGP Collaborates with Oxford University to Address Global Water Challenge

IIT Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) has collaborated with Oxford University to develop a better understanding of the filtration process of water and to provide solutions to the problems like global water challenge. Thecollaborative projecthas been funded by the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF-UK), University of Oxford.

The collaboration between the two will mainly focus onaddressing arsenic contamination of waterfor drinking and other everyday purposes. The research will also focus on filtration of other water pollutants as well.

Also Read:Gujarat Govt, IIT Gandhinagar,NASSCOM Sign MoU to Set Up IoT Centre

According toIIT-KGPresearchers, Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta has become aglobal hotspot for arsenic groundwater.The overuse of pesticides and fertilizers is also one of the main reasons for the widespread of the arsenic chemical.

IIT KGP Researcher, Professor Sirshendu De has recentlydeveloped an ultra-low-cost technologywhich acts as an absorbent to filter out arsenic chemical from water. As per his research, filtered water can now be produced at just 2 paisa per litre which makes this technology very ideal for control in a country like India.

To make this technology more effective, a team of mathematicians fromOxford Universityheaded by Dr. Ian Griffiths, further worked on the mathematical modeling techniques which extended the life of the filter and the design of scaled-up filters.

Also Read:MSU signsMoUwith IIT Bombay to Impart IT & Communication Training

This collaboratively developed technology tofilter arsenic waterhas been accepted by Public Health Engineering department of the government of West Bengal, West Bengal Arsenic Task Force, Department of Science and Technology, Union Government.