Guwahati, June 20 -- The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati researchers have developed a community-scale water treatment system that removes fluoride and iron from groundwater. The efficient system can treat up to 20,000 litres of contaminated water per day, offering a low-cost solution for areas with poor access to safe drinking water.

The findings of this research have been published in the prestigious ACS ES&T Water journal in a paper co-authored by Prof. Mihir Kumar Purkait, along with Post-Doctoral Research Associates, Dr. Anweshan, and Dr. Piyal Mondal, and research scholar Mukesh Bharti from the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati.

Fluoride, a mineral generally used in dental care products, pesticides, fer...