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| Stanley James, Kothad, Ernakulam |
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There was a
time when Stanley James of Kothad, Ernakulam used to wait hours for the
Corporation water to arrive by pipe. He
and his family, like many others, living in an area close to the polluted
Periyar river, were scared to use the turbid well water that was available in
their compound.
But he was
not going to wait like a hornbill for the pure Corporation water. Being a man of innovative thinking, he looked
into ways to make the well water potable.
After much discussions with professionals and practitioners in the field,
he came up with a solution that uses neither electricity nor chemicals.
The system
that he could innovate after years of research, was able to remove turbidity,
colour and bad smell for the water from his well. Seeing the change in his house, his friends
too pressed him to install such units in their houses. Slowly the news oozed out and the demand
grew.
Years later
he started a company to scale up the production and continue further R&D on
the subject. The system, now branded Dubhe Richus uses sand and a biofilm while
relying on gravitational force of the earth for its efficiency.
Today, the
company is arguably the largest manufacturers of iron removal water treatment
plant in South India.
PTI
News, December 2024
