21 Nov 2017
Report of The Task Force on Formulating Action Plan for Removal of Arsenic Contamination
The Report attempts to examine the magnitude of the problem, sources of Arsenic intake, available technologies, identify appropriate technologies, formulate an action plan and discuss operation and maintenance issues as well as monitoring and evaluating aspects. An attempt has been made to outline different technologies based on various scientific principles, assess these technologies, distinguish these technologies according to their scale of operation and also list new and potential technologies by incorporating Short Term / Medium Term / Long Term measures for tackling the problem of Arsenic contamination in drinking water supply.