CR to install water from air kiosks at major stations
The first such kiosk was set up at the Secunderabad station of the South Central Railway by the same organization which is offering to manage the project for the CR
The Central Railway (CR) is planning to install atmospheric water generator (water from air) kiosk at 14 locations on eight stations of the Mumbai Division. To be set up under a non-fare revenue scheme, the kiosks will come up at the CSMT, Dadar, Sion Kurla, Thane, Kalyan, Ghatkopar and Vikhroli stations.
Confirming the development, a CR senior officer CR said, “We have received a proposal for setting up 25 atmospheric water generator kiosks at different stations of the Mumbai Division. After that we examined 25 locations for the project’s feasibility and 14 of them were found feasible.”
These kiosks will be installed as part of green initiatives and water conservation measures being adopted by the CR.
The first such kiosk was set up at the Secunderabad station of the South Central Railway by the same organization which is offering to manage the project for the CR.
"In this system, instead of taking source water for filtration and consumption, the water is directly harvested from the air through a series of steps. Under this, air flows into the machine through a filtration system duly filtering out the contaminants present in the moisture laden air," explained railway officials.
"Then the filtered air passes through the cooling chamber where the air will be condensed. The condensed air is converted into water and drops into a storage tank provided for the purpose. The dropped water from the tank passes through multiple level filtration which removes odour and any other impurities and then it passes through Ultra Violet (UV) system,” they added.
They further said that the filtered water is dosed with essential minerals which are beneficial before it can be dispensed for consumption. The water produced, under this system, fulfills the norms of World Health Organisation and also Indian standards for consumption. It is also approved by the Ministry of Jal Shakti as a safe and healthy drinking water," further added officials.
The storage tank is of food grade material (stainless steel) and the freshness of water is maintained for several days. The machine produces very less noise and temperature, and humidity levels are also displayed.
The kiosks are environment-friendly as there is no dependency on any water resource. Further, there is no generation of any waste in this system which works in all weather conditions.