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Ways to keep arsenic away

There are many arsenic removal technologies available to ensure safe drinking water for villages. Picking the right approach is key.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 11 Oct, 2016 10:12 PM

For villagers at Madhusudan Kathi, the handpumps serving water from an unprotected source led to arsenic contamination, making water from these pumps risky to drink.

Arsenic removal unit developed by Arup Sengupta, Lehigh University, Bethlehem at Howrah, West Bengal. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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