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Indian Architect Creates New “Algae Tiles” That Can Scrub Toxins, Pollution From Wastewater
The young architect developed the system dubbed "Indus" due to India’s ongoing problem with water polluted by toxic dyes and heavy metals.
(TMU) — An Indian architect has created a new ceramic- and algae-based tile that can be made into walls that purify waters polluted by dyes and chemicals.
Shneel Malik, a doctoral candidate at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, developed the modular wall system dubbed Indus due to India’s ongoing problem with water polluted by toxic dyes and heavy metals, India Times reports.
When Malik, who hails from New Delhi, traveled to other parts of the country in 2016, she noticed that many small-scale jewelry workers and textile dyers were releasing such toxic chemicals as cadmium, lead and arsenic into local waters, polluting not only water sources but also the soil, air, and communities living there for entire generations.
Artisan and industrial textile production has long been a crucial pillar of the South Asian subcontinent’s culture, drawing travelers from afar for centuries while contributing 15 percent to the export earnings of India in 2017-2018. However, due to India’s decades of lax environmental regulation and poor social development in rural regions, over 70 percent of the country’s water resources are contaminated due to a lack of treatment for wastewater discharge – and according to Yanko Design, 40 percent of wastewater is generated by artisan industries.
Malik told Fast Company:
So Malik began to work on a project that would not only address the problems of water and soil pollution but would also be simple technologically and affordable for India’s largely impoverished rural villages. She explained:
more at.. themindunleashed.com/2019/10/indian-architect-creates-new-algae-tiles-that-can-scrub-toxins-pollution-from-wastewater.html
Indian Architect Creates New “Algae Tiles” That Can Scrub Toxins, Pollution From Wastewater
The young architect developed the system dubbed "Indus" due to India’s ongoing problem with water polluted by toxic dyes and heavy metals.
(TMU) — An Indian architect has created a new ceramic- and algae-based tile that can be made into walls that purify waters polluted by dyes and chemicals.
Shneel Malik, a doctoral candidate at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, developed the modular wall system dubbed Indus due to India’s ongoing problem with water polluted by toxic dyes and heavy metals, India Times reports.
When Malik, who hails from New Delhi, traveled to other parts of the country in 2016, she noticed that many small-scale jewelry workers and textile dyers were releasing such toxic chemicals as cadmium, lead and arsenic into local waters, polluting not only water sources but also the soil, air, and communities living there for entire generations.
Artisan and industrial textile production has long been a crucial pillar of the South Asian subcontinent’s culture, drawing travelers from afar for centuries while contributing 15 percent to the export earnings of India in 2017-2018. However, due to India’s decades of lax environmental regulation and poor social development in rural regions, over 70 percent of the country’s water resources are contaminated due to a lack of treatment for wastewater discharge – and according to Yanko Design, 40 percent of wastewater is generated by artisan industries.
Malik told Fast Company:
With the support of NGOs such as Pure Earth and CEE in India, who are involved in tackling pollution, we were able to visit multiple sites in Kolkata (bangle-makers) and Panipat (textile dyers) in India.
These site visits made us better understand the site- and context-specific constraints and challenges in wastewater treatment. Neither the artisan workers have any space available for Westernised high-tech water treatment solutions, nor do they have the economic capacity to get additional support.”
These site visits made us better understand the site- and context-specific constraints and challenges in wastewater treatment. Neither the artisan workers have any space available for Westernised high-tech water treatment solutions, nor do they have the economic capacity to get additional support.”
So Malik began to work on a project that would not only address the problems of water and soil pollution but would also be simple technologically and affordable for India’s largely impoverished rural villages. She explained:
more at.. themindunleashed.com/2019/10/indian-architect-creates-new-algae-tiles-that-can-scrub-toxins-pollution-from-wastewater.html