Coloured marbles give crystal-clear water
Mansi Choksi | TNN
Anil Bhatia took a plastic bottle, inserted holes in it, threw in some colourful marbles, added a blackish granular catalyst called biosanitiser crystal and immersed it in the terrace tank of his Marine Drive building. That was a few months ago.
Today, the corporation water that reaches his building is completely free of pathogens, pesticides and chemicals like nitrates and sulphates. What’s more, the water from the building — even after being used for cooking, cleaning and bathing — purifies other waste water it comes in contact with. The water tank, which had become a breeding ground for mosquitoes, is now completely free of pests and odour.
“The biosanitised water has the ability to purify other waste water. The idea is to convert waste into resources, it’s nature’s way of self-correction. These crystals were developed by Uday Bhawalkar of the Bhawalkar Ecological Institute (BERI) in Pune after 42 years of research,’’ Bhatia, pointing to how the copper rings in the tank still retained their shine, said.
Smelling freshly-scooped manure from his building’s garden, Bhatia says he has been ensuring — for the last decade — that all the waste produced in his lane is utilised in some way or other. He has even convinced residents of his lane, a club and hotel in the area to adopt the idea of zero-waste management. Garbage is separated at the household, collected and later recycled by composting. “We worked with Bhawalar on vermicomposting projects, too, and understood how nature had its way of using waste. A coconut tree, for example, is able to produce the sweetest water from the most saline environment. We just have to understand the funda,’’ he says.
Bhatia also recently protested against cricket fans, watching the IPL match at Wankhede, destroying the tree enclosures and littering plant beds.
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We want the information about that tec. so send contact no of bhawalkar or their institue
Pls. mail us to Saraswati mandir High School. smhs_mahim@yahoo.co.in
As mentioned in the article mansi (choksimansi.choksi@timesgroup.com)is the person who can provide some information about this valuable utility which can be quite useful. I have mailed to mansi and editor of timesofindia many a times,but there is no reply.Hopefully they understand the importance.
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