Innovation Detail

Innovation Description

A student from North Sikkim noticed that people use groundwater to fill the overhead tanks across the world. However, nobody is concerned about removing silt, muck, and debris that has accumulated at the bottom of the tank, which is responsible for various waterborne diseases. The student designed a self-cleaning system in the tank that connects at the bottom of the water tank with a silt remover pipe. A vertical clear cylindrical pipe is fitted with this silt remover pipe at a specific distance outside the tank. This pipe's height should be greater than the height at which the bulb cork is fixed in the tank. It is attached to the sensor at a certain height, but below the output supply pipe. When the deposits reach the sensor level, it starts to be alarming. This warning indicates that the tank needs to be cleaned of silt and mud. When the silt remover pipe valve is opened, undesired deposits spill out. This way, we can keep the tank clean by removing unhealthy residues on a regular basis. This model enables the safety from water-borne diseases and allows easy access to clean water.