SEA WATER FOR SAFE DRINKING
The Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, has developed plants for converting
sea water for safe drinking on a commercially viable basis. It
has also evolved expertise for producing pure water from saline
water. There is a serious interest in the country to put up a
number of large-size plants of million gallons per day capacity
for brackish and sea water desalination and treatment of industrial
effluents for reusing the water.
India has developed
the capacity to generate, design, fabricate, commission and operate
small and large-size desalination plants indigenously. The technological
innovations in desalination would lead to its large-scale application
and provide opportunities for the socio-economic development of
water-scarcity areas and large coastal arid zones of the country.
(PIB Special Services).
