Roorkee: IIT Roorkee has identified drinking water and sanitation as a major water sector challenge facing most Afro-Asian countries, including India. Drinking water and quality lab require testing wastewater, freshwater, soil and waste samples. Due to surface water pollution and overexploitation of groundwater resources, the need for effective water analysis and monitoring has been pressing the need to set up a drinking water quality laboratory at IIT Roorkee.
PTC India Financial Services Ltd (PFS) is supporting this project to develop a Drinking Water Quality Lab at the Department of Water Resources Development and Management (DWRDM) at IIT Roorkee.
IITRDF and PFS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise the agreement. The ERT instrument will aid in identifying the quality of drinking water and help implement corrective measures as mobile testing equipment for on-site purposes.
Prof. K.K. Pant, Director, IIT Roorkee, said, “By adding more testing facilities with ERT equipment, our drinking water quality laboratory will be able to train our students in the M. Tech programme and carry out R&D and support communities at large.”
Dr Pawan Singh, MD and CEO, PTC Financial Services Ltd. (PFS), highlights, “This equipment will help fieldwork on testing the groundwater quality and will support the M. Tech program to build skills and support the local community with scientific testing methods.”
Prof. Ashish Pandey, HoD, WRD&M, said, “The lab facility will help in groundwater exploration, geological stratigraphy, and groundwater contamination. The instrument will help solve the local water supply issues and train the engineers/ stakeholders. The developed lab facility will also help the national and international students of the institute, especially in the Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWS) program.”
Santosh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, IIT Roorkee Development Foundation, said, “The partnership aligns with a collaborative ecosystem to promote research and development at IIT Roorkee.”
