Drinking Water Supply Through Ro Desalination Plants in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil nadu, India

摘要

The population in Ramanathapuram district faces potable water scarcity throughout the year in general and acute drinking water problem in lean periods of the year. To mitigate this problem, eleven Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants (desalination) were instaled in problem villages in the district. Performance of these eleven plants and in depth evaluation of two plants was undertaken to focus attention on the physico-chemical quality of water at various stages of treatment, present status with respect to O & M, financial implications and overall management under rurual situation.