North South University faculty member Nadim Reza Khandaker and his research student Abu Khalid Khan from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering spent their Covid lockdown building an iron manganese removal water filter costing under Tk 1000 with locally available materials, said a press release.
Iron and manganese in drinking water is an issue of concern in many regions of the world.
This local innovation was field tested and showed to be highly effective.
The technology was based on enhanced anion adsorption and membrane filtration that was developed when Nadim Reza Khandaker worked at Sandia National Laboratory, Department of Energy, the government of the United States as a research engineer.
While working at Sandia National laboratory his aim was always to transfer the technology to Bangladesh to help the people of the country in obtaining safe drinking water.
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