DESALINATION PLANT IN MUMBAI

DESALINATION PLANTS

Uddhav Thackeray cleared Mumbai’s first desalination plant.

What is the Swiss Challenge method?

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to take the ‘Swiss Challenge Method’ for the project.
Under this, a project can be awarded to a private player on an unsolicited proposal.
The private firm which has first submitted a proposal can be approached directly for negotiations and if they do not agree, then other bidders are called.

What are desalination plants?

A desalination plant turns salt water into water that is fit to drink.
The most commonly used technique used for the process is reverse osmosis where external pressure is applied to push solvents from an area of high-solute concentration to an area of low-solute concentration through a membrane.
The microscopic pores in the membranes allow water molecules through but leave salt and most other impurities behind, releasing clean water from the other side.
These plants are mostly set up in areas that have access to sea water.

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