Alfa Laval launches Water ATMs near Chennai

Alfa Laval launched Water ATMs (water purification plants) at Maraimalai and Avadi municipalities near Chennai. These Water ATMs are expected to cater to more than 3,000 household belonging to the marginalized and underprivileged communities in these areas.

These plants are 10-stage, cloud-managed, solar-powered, cashless water ATMs. The plant has a 10-stage fully automated water purification system. Each of these plants has 1000 liters per hour processing capacity and is geared to be operational for 8 hours a day, thus providing up to 8000 liters of water a day per site. These water ATMs have facility for providing chilled water during summer. Though the plants are operational for 8 hours the water can be collected by the residents for 24 hours via non-contact taps and sensor panels installed outside the plant.