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Iron, Fluoride & Arsenic Removal Plants

Groundwater across Vidarbha, Marathwada and much of India carries iron, fluoride or arsenic above IS 10500 limits. We design community and industrial plants that bring it to drinking standard — simple to run, cheap to maintain, built for village panchayats and municipal bodies.

The problem and the standard

IS 10500 limits: iron 0.3 mg/L (acceptable) / 1.0 (permissible), fluoride 1.0 / 1.5 mg/L, arsenic 0.01 mg/L. Iron stains, tastes metallic and clogs pipes; fluoride above 1.5 mg/L causes dental and skeletal fluorosis; arsenic is a carcinogen with no safe permissible relaxation. Jal Jeevan Mission and state schemes fund treatment at village and multi-village scale — the design has to work with intermittent power, minimal operators and local materials.

Technologies we design

Iron removal
Aeration (cascade/tray) → detention → pressure or gravity filtration on manganese-greensand or catalytic media; chlorination for disinfection. 1–500 m³/h.
Fluoride removal
Activated alumina adsorption columns (regenerable), Nalgonda coagulation for community scale, or RO for high fluoride/TDS; reject handling designed in.
Arsenic removal
Oxidation + coagulation-filtration (FeCl₃), or iron-based adsorption media; spent-media handling per rules.
Combined groundwater plants
Iron + fluoride or iron + hardness with RO polishing; solar-powered pumping for remote sites.
Household/school units
Point-of-use adsorption or RO where piped schemes are not yet in place.

How we deliver for panchayats and municipal bodies

  1. Source testingSeasonal sampling — iron, Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺, fluoride, arsenic, hardness, TDS, pH.
  2. Design to IS 10500 and CPHEEOSizing, hydraulics, media selection, reject/sludge handling, drawings and BOQ for tender or direct works.
  3. Supply and installationPre-fabricated skids or civil units; local fabrication where it lowers cost.
  4. Training and O&MOperator training in the local language, spares list, AMC option; performance monitoring.

Frequently asked questions

Which iron removal method is best for a village scheme?

Aeration followed by catalytic-media filtration — no chemicals except occasional chlorine, backwash with the same water, and it works with 4–6 hours of power a day.

Can fluoride be removed without RO?

Yes — activated alumina and Nalgonda processes work for fluoride up to ~5–8 mg/L at community scale; RO is used where TDS is also high or fluoride is very high.

Do you work on Jal Jeevan Mission tenders?

We design, supply and install treatment units for schemes executed by contractors and departments, and support DPR preparation for treatment components.

Iron, fluoride or arsenic in your water?

Send the water test report and population/flow — we reply with a treatment scheme and budget for your scheme or plant.