Established in the year 1973, MAK India is the manufacturer and installer of bio-toilets. They are a transfer-of-technology holder of the DRDO technology and have installed many bio-digester toilets across Tamilnadu and Pondicherry.
Human waste disposal in innocuous form is an ever growing problem leading to aesthetic nuisance, threat of organic pollution & several infectious diseases in epidemic proportions due to contamination of ground water and drinking water resources in highly populated and developing countries, like India. Less than 30% of Indians have access to the toilets. In rural areas about 10% of houses have toilets and rest of the people go to open defecation.Population in the cities although have better access to the toilets but only to the tune of ~70%. Untreated waste is responsible for several diseases like, dysentery, diarrhoea, amoebiasis, viral hepatitis, cholera, typhoid etc. taking the life of lakhs of children annually.
DRDO has perfected an eco-friendly biodegradation technology for human waste disposal for armed forces deployed at high altitude locations and glaciers. The sub-zero temperature does not allow the natural biodegradation of organic matter leading to accumulation of the human waste over the years, contaminating the ice which is the only source of drinking water and poses a great health risk. Further, melted ice contaminates the rivers and other water sources and ultimately spreading the contamination downstream. DRDO developed Biodigester technology is environmental friendly, maintenance free and efficient without depending on conventional energy sources. The effluent is odorless and gets rid-off most of the pathogens.
Hundreds of such biodigesters have been installed at various locations in J&K, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. The biodigester technology has two components: anaerobic microbial consortium and specially designed fermentation tank. The microbial consortium has been made by acclimatization, enrichment and bioaugmentation with the coldactive bacteria collected from Antarctica and low temperature areas. It is composed of four clusters of bacteria belonging to hydrolytic, acidogenic, acetogenic and methenogenic groups with high efficiency of biodegradation.Fermentation tank is made of metal/ FRP and has the provision of immobilizing the bacteria in large numbers.
Subsequently, the technology has been extended to Indian Railways for on-board treatment of human waste. Hundreds of stainless steel made biodigesters are in operation in different trains of IR. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Railways, it is planned to install these biodigesters in all trains in the years to come.Lakshadweep administration has ordered 12000 biodigesters for all houses of its ten islands. Low cost single house biodigesters have been designed for rural sector of the country which is long-lasting, require little space, generate environment-friendly safe effluent and does not require any maintenance. Recently developed version of this technology has been named as ‘BioTank’ that is the excellent low cost alternative of the conventional septic tanks being currently used by individual houses and communities. MAK India, Manufacturer and installer of of Bio-Toilets is one of the license holders of this DRDO technology.
What is bio-digeser?
Bio-digester is a revolution in sanitation. In conventional toilets only 30% of human waste is degraded and other 70% remains in the septic tank. In a bio-digester human waste up to 99.9% gets digested by Anaerobic Microbial Inoculum filled in the bio-tank and gets converts into reusable water and methane gas.
Why bio-digester?
Disposal of human waste in accordance to conventional systems leads to ground water contamination and pollution of resource that might cause an epidemic outbreak. Bio-digester provides eco-friendly disposal of human waste. It is maintenance free, efficient without dependent on any energy source and it’s effluents are odourless.
Special Features
Anaerobic microbial inoculum
Specially designed tank for efficient biodegradation
Cold tolerant microbial consortium
Suitable for mobile and stationary platforms
Required one time inoculum charging
Permits use of toilet cleansing agents
Immobilization matrix for retaining higher microbial mass for survival in adverse conditions.
Tailor made in respect to number of users, materials, situation and condition.
Advantages
Wide applicability
Minimizes water consumption
Maintenance free
Customized & easily adoptable
Effluent water recyclable
Organic waste Reduction: > 99%
Pathogen reduction: > 99%
Environment-friendly & cost-effective
Suitable for any geo-climatic condition
More details about the technology can be found here:
http://drdoficciatac.com/biodigester/aboutus.asp
Registered Office:
MAK INDIA LTD Manufacturer and Installer of Bio-Toilets
7/41-B, Avinashi Road,
Civil Aerodrome Post,
Coimbatore-641014.
TamilNadu, INDIA.
Email: bioprojects@makindia.co.in
Customer Support:
Phone: +91 63 66 44 93 52
Mobile: +91 95 00 99 17 87
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