The centre’s goals are to create techniques and technology for desalination, water reuse, and sustainable treatment, with active participation of researchers from India and throughout the world, and to aid in incubation and commercialisation of developed technology and products.
WD News: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, has launched a new centre of excellence on membrane technologies for desalination, water recycling and brine management. During the launch, centre’s new advanced instrumentation facility as well as the website were also unveiled.
The growing population, climate change, and rise in water shortages have increased the need for non-traditional freshwater sources. In future, new-generation procedures will have to incorporate seawater and wastewater to achieve the needed freshwater purity that is when desalination plants will be in demand.
Many states in country have suggested desalination projects to address the country’s water demand. The new centre will use cutting-edge technology to address current and emerging desalination concerns.
Five IITs (IIT Kharagpur, IIT Tirupati, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IIT Hyderabad) will collaborate with diverse sectors, NGOs, and other stakeholders to develop various desalination, water recycling technologies and brine management.
Source: News 18
Image courtesy: IIT Bombay
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