The experiment of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to infuse oxygen into the Mithi River has brought positive results as the stench from the water body has reduced considerably. The authority will now get the stretch where the experiment was carried out evaluated by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) or the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
The agency had begun the experiment in December last as untreated waste is being dumped in the 18 km-river through 43 drains along its stretch. It had rented out an oxygen infusion device called DynamOx from the US-based Environmental Consulting Technology Inc. (ECT), which has been applying this technology effectively in River Rogue in Michigan and other water bodies in the US. The technology and other expertise are being shared under the memorandum of cooperation signed between the US and India.
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