Environmental researchers at IIT-Roorkee have carried out research on Japan’sJohkasou technology(JT) for its adaptation and validation in Indian conditions. JT deals in sewage treatment Plants (STPs).
Japanese company Daiki signed an MoU in December 2020 with IIT-R. The researchers said that JT’s implementation inUttarakhandcan address the problem of wastewater treatment through on-site household STPs very effectively. Daiki’s representative in the country Daiki Axis India Pvt Ltd (DAIPL), Mumbai, has installed around half a dozen STPs at different sites in Uttarakhand, in the last 10 months.