Skip to main content <%-- Protanopia filter --%> <%-- Deuteranopia filter --%> <%-- Tritanopia filter --%>
Technology to clean sewage to recharge groundwater near Villivakkam lake

CHENNAI: An indigenous low-cost sewage treatment technology may soon help recharge and maintain good groundwater levels throughout the year in localities surrounding Villivakkam lake.
Scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), which has developed the technology, along with Corporation officials, conducted the first round of inspection in the lake area on Monday. The plan is to set up a pilot treatment plant of 5MLD and let the treated water into the lake for percolation while also having water in the lake through the year Read more..