PROCESS INNOVATION/BEST PRACTICES

Form I
Form II
Form III
Form IV

General Details of Technology

1.Category of Treatment Technology :

Water

Ground Water

2. Has Your Technology Ever Been Considered by the Committee :

YES

Category I

i. Indicate the specific value addition post categorization of the Technology :

Comments from the committee: "Technology was evaluated and found suitable in principle based on NEERIs findings and based on water samples tested from NABL labs."

3. Name of the Technology :

Laterite based technology for arsenic removal - IIT Kharagpur

3- a. Name of the Company/Firm :

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

3- b. Email Id of the Company/Firm :

sde@che.iitkgp.ac.in

4. Nature of Applicant :

Original Innovator

5. Nationality of the Applicant :

INDIA

6. Complete Address of the Applicant:

Address Line 1 Prof. Sirshendu De Department of Chemical Engineering
Address Line 2 IIT Kharagpur
State: WEST BENGAL	District: PASCHIM MEDINIPUR	PIN Code: 721302

7. Stage of Technology :

Product Stage

8. Is the technology listed in the GEM Portal of Government Of India :

9. Whether the Technology is currently installed in India ?

YES

6. Complete Address of the Technology Installed:

Address Line 1 Kashimpur Balika Vidyalaya
Address Line 2 Kashimpur, Duttapukur, Barasat
State: WEST BENGAL	District: NORTH 24 PARAGANAS	PIN Code: 721451

Technical Details of Technology
1. Brief on the technology:	The laterite based filter assembly is designed to remove arsenic, iron and bacteria from ground water to provide low cost drinking water in arsenic affected areas. Naturally abundant laterite soil is used to prepare the filter media which has high arsenic adsorption capacity (32 mg/g). The arsenic removal media has a life of 5 years and the filter life can be extended for several years by changing the arsenic removal media every 5 years. The filter does not require any regeneration during its service life and also meets the toxicology leaching protocol (TCLP) for safe disposal. Domestic filter does not require any power for operation. The filter has been scaled up from 100 l/day to 10 kl/day.
2. Indicate the compliance to the relevant technical standard of the final technology output (For example in case of potable drinking water IS 10500):	Yes, the technology complies with IS 10500 for potable drinking water. Parameters in filtrate: Arsenic <10 ppb; Fe <0.3 ppm; Total coliform: 0 CFU/ml.
3. If not applicable,then specify reason/other standards followed	NA
4. Whether the technology is patented:	YES
5. Nature of patent:	National
6. Whether any pre-treatment required for adopting the technology:	YES
i.Details of pre-treatment required for adopting the technology: approx 50 words.	Pre-treatment required for removal of iron from raw water.
7. Nature of effluent disposal:	Other(Specify)
i. Nature of effluent disposal Other(Specify):	Arsenic removal media does not generate any effluent. However, iron removal unit requires backwash once in a fortnight. The effluent thus generated is passed through a soak pit containing treated laterite, gravels and sand bed.

Commercial Details
1. Overall life cycle cost of the technology excluding taxes: (In Rs)	900000
2. Whether the product is manufactured in India:	YES
3. Names of the competitors in the market if any:	No competitors for laterite based arsenic removal technology.
4. Time for installation from the day of placing the order:	7
5. Period of warranty:	5
6. Details of service facility available post installation:	Service support is provided within warranty period for maintenance and for backwash of iron removal unit.
7. Turn-around time for customer complaint redressal:	7

Number of Plants based on Plant Size: 1

Plant 1 Plant Size: (Kl/day): 10

Number of Options 1 out of 1

**AFFORDABILITY** >> SCALABILITY >> Sustainability >> Universality >> Rapid >> Excellence >> Distinctive
a. Capital Cost for different plant size:
i. Capex of the System: (Rs./kl-day):	25
ii. Land Requirement for setting up the treatment plant excluding storage,if any required: (M ²/kl-day)	0
iii. Construction materials cost:	400000
b. Operational Cost(Cost involved in daily operation and periodical maintenace) of the technology :
i. Electricity Requirment: (Watt-hr/KL):	1
ii. Manpower required for both installation and O&M with cost: (in Number)
1. Skilled: (in Number)	0
2. Semi-Skilled: (in Number)	0
3. Unskilled: (in Number)	1
iii. Sludge treatment cost: (Rs./Year)	0
c. Cost of treated Water (Life Cycle cost)¹: (Rs./Kl)	31

a. Possibility of Retrofitting into existing system:	YES
b. Is additional construction of structure required(e.g. Platforms,control room etc.):	YES
c. Are the scalable(Capacity) models currently available?(e.g. 1KL,10KL,100KL):	YES
d. Production volume of treated water per day for different plant sizes : (In kl):	9
e. Technology Readiness Level(Scale 0-9) : (In kl)	10
f. Is the prodution capacity easily scalable(i.e. modular units that can be plugged together) to achieve higher volumes(Show proof)	YES

a. Is there requirment of addition of chemicals for pre-treatment to input water:	NO
b. Quantity of chemical added per KL: (Rs./KL)
c. Percentage of Water Loss in the process: (%)	0
c. d. Sludge Management : *:
i. Quantity of Sludge/reject generated from the process: (Kg/KL)	0
ii. Phase/Nature of generated sludge/reject: (Liquid/Gas)	Solid
iii. Can the sludge be completely managed on site?	YES
iv. Is the reject/sludge hazardous in nature?	NO
v. Any pre-treatment of sludge necessary prior to rejection?	NO
vi. Skill set required for management of sludge/reject?
vii. Any other waste generated annually?	NO
e. Filter Media :
i. Life of the filter media used: (Yrs)	5
ii. Frequency of replacement of media: (No's per year)	0
f. Is there a dry run projection ² ?	NO
g. Quarantine protocol required for bacterial interventions if any?	NO

Standardization of design
a. Whether the unit will operate in any terrain type and can be used during disasters?	YES
Please specify terrain type and nature of disasters i.e. floods, earthquake, Tsunami etc*:	The filter is mounted on a strong supported platform and can withstand mild natural disasters.
b. Inlet water requirements
i. Is the system resilient to abrupt changes in the inlet concentration?	YES
ii. Is pre-treatment of inlet Water Sewage required?	YES
iii. Maximum threshold of the target component in the inlet water? (mg/L)	2
iv. Maximum allowable turbidity of inlet water (NTU)	2
v. Maximum allowable TDS of inlet water (mg/L)	2000
c. Does the plant output meets the desired IS standards or other standards?	YES
d. Ambient environment
i. Does the system work in ambient temperature & RH conditions?(Specify Range)	YES
ii. Does the system work in very low or very high temperature?	YES
e. Post-treatment required?	NO
f. No. of installation/No. of Units sold?(Provide with documentary evidence the details of the organizations and companies that have used the product and mention minimum number of plants installed)	65

a. Production and Stocks
i. What is the production capacity per annum? (No. of units/Year)	45
ii. Current availability of stock in India? (No. of units)	12
iii. Current availability of stock out of India? (No. of units)	0
ii. iv. Number of Production facilities?(Provide Details of production facilities with capacities) (No. of units)	1
v. Number of stock warehouse?(Provide Details of location of warehouses capacities) (No. of units)	1
b. Installation and Commissioning
i. Time required for Installation and commissioning of 1 unit (Days)	7
ii. Is in-situ/prefabricated installation possible?	YES
c. Is remote monitoring of Unit possible?	NO

A. State of Patent Application?	Granted
b. Is the product certified by other national/international agency(NSF/WQA/ISO/BIS etc.)?	NO
i. Kindly give details:
c. Replacement of parts required? (No./year)	0
d. Any other specific excellence criteria observed or claimed by the vendor. OutLine service organization (Locations,no. of people etc..) (No./year)	No
e. Does the unit/device improve overall water quality apart from the target analyte (No./year)*:	Yes

1. Manufacturing of components for assembling of the plant :*:	Completely Indigenous
b. Any other distinctive feature of the product in terms of any of the above parameters?	The adsorbent media is low cost, naturally available and has very high arsenic adsorption (32 mg/g). The arsenic removal media does not require any maintenance. The iron removal media requires backwash once in a fortnight. The spent media meets TCLP protocol and can be disposed safely without any treatment.