India to introduce Nano Bubble tech to make water suitable for marine life
The Indian government is introducing Nano Bubble Technology to purify water and make it suitable for marine life.
The Nano Bubble technology has been introduced on a pilot project basis recently and its impact remains to be seen on water quality and marine.
Indian Minister for State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written reply informed the members during the Parliament’s ongoing budget session.
Singh informed that the tech uses ‘tiny bubbles to improve water quality’.
The tech removes contaminants, increases dissolved oxygen content, removes phytoplankton (algae), reduces biofilm, and ultimately improves the properties of water suitable for aquatic animals.
The Nano Bubble technology can lead to a more homogeneous distribution due to the minuscule size and persistence of the bubbles in the water bodies.
While traditional systems may exhibit less uniformity in distribution, which can result in variable oxidation and disinfection performance across the water volume,” he added.
The National Parks and Sanctuaries, including those Protected Areas having aquatic animals, are managed as per the Plan prepared under the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
These include maintaining water level, water circulation and dilution, silt removal, aeration, establishing STP along the water bodies and aquatic weed removal through mechanical and manual methods.
The Central Zoo Authority has implemented the standards and norms, inclusive of proper hygiene and health of all captive animals in zoos including aquatic animals.
This is being done as is prescribed in the Recognition of Zoo Rules 2009 that are notified by the Central government under section 63 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
Further, the Central Zoo Authority has issued guidelines to zoos from time to time for proper hygiene and health of all captive animals in zoos, he further informed.
