Ahmedabad, September 03: Based on an indigenous solution of a Gujarat-based institute, a desalination plant in Nagor district of Rajasthan is set to supply 14 million litres of potable water per day to the desert state from November, an official said today.
Bhavnagar-based Central Salt & Marine Chemical Research Institute (CSMCRI) has used membrane technology in the reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant.
“The unique RO plant converts saline water, coming out of the lignite mines of Kasau and Matasukh in Nagor district of Rajasthan, into sweet drinking water,” CSMCRI Director Pushpito K Ghosh told PTI here.
The plant would be commissioned by Ahmedabad-based Doshion Ltd, a water management company.
A Doshion spokesperson said “We are likely to commission the 20 mld water plant in Nagor within the next 45 days. The plant will supply clean drinking water to Rajasthan Government which in turn will distribute it across the state.”
“Rajasthan State Mines and Mineral chief had approached us for a technological solution to the problem of 100 million litres of saline water coming out from the lignite mines in Kasau and Matasukh,” Ghosh said.
“Based on indigenous membrane technology, we demonstrated the efficacy of our RO desalination plant to them,” he added.
—Agencies