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WP1: Storm Water Management

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
1	Emerging contaminants analysis	Received emerging contaminants results for one quarry water sample. Planning to analyze more samples from successive sampling	Anna University & IITM
2	Sample evaporate residues preparation	Residues prepared for two quarry samples and yet to be analyzed to identify some rare trace elements	Anna University & IITM
3	Development of research methodology to accomplish a regional level planning of SUDs as well as their impact assessment	Completed	IITM
4	Determination of Soil hydraulic properties for IITM Campus	Completed	IITM
5	Analyze the long-term performance of sustainable practices using SWMM and HYDRUS-1D coupled model.	Ongoing	IITM
6	Integration of LID modules with SWAT sub-routines	Ongoing	IITM
7	Water quality Analysis & collection of Secondary data on water quality (storm-water & runoff)	Secondary data on water quality as well as collection of samples and laboratory analysis have been carried out for Orathanadu taluk of Thanjavur, which was selected for exploration micro hydrological regime. Besides the University campus was explored to track run-off pattern of stormwater, following which specific sampling points were identified for characterization and periodic assessment of hydro dynamic and hydro geochemical variations (both temporal and spatial) . Besides, the variation of rainfall patterns for the current year and their time series analysis for Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Chennai were estimated and the previously developed rainfall prediction model was calibrated.	PRIST
8	Estimation of significant parameters for each zone	Water quality characterizations of the two zones taken during the present study (namely Orathanadu taluk and University campus) were statistically assessed for the significant correlation among them. Successively principal component analysis (PCA; Rotated) were used to identify the dominant parameters and their groupings, using Eigen value >1. The selected factors were used for further geospatial analysis.	PRIST
9	Zone-wise Water quality contours for dominant parameters	The water quality (WQ) parameters obtained from PCA were used for geospatial analysis wherein the contours for individual parameters as well as stormwater quality index (developed based on previous studies) were obtained.	PRIST
10	Segregation of Cyclicity, Seasonality & Trend of Time Series Hydrological data of study area	Completed	PRIST
11	Time & frequency domain-based modeling	Completed	PRIST
12	Integrated Time Series Modeling for each storm-water zone	Ongoing	PRIST

WP2: Water Treatment

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
1	Fabrication of portable colorimetric sensor based on Basic Fuchsine for the detection of nitrite ion in aqueous system	Finished	IIT Madras
2	Assessment of competitive adsorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care product on carbonized absorbent derived from waste: Single and Multicomponent study	Finished (Manuscript submitted)	IIT Madras
3	Colorimetric Sensors for the detection of phosphate	Finished	IIT Madras
4	Risk Dynamics of Emerging Contaminants and Heavy Metals in the River Ecosystems	Finished	IIT Madras
5	Adsorptive removal of plasticizers using composite biochar	Finished	IIT Madras
6	MOF derived structure for capture of Phosphate	Experiments Ongoing	IIT Madras
7	Synthesis of biochar derived from bamboo fiber (BDB)	Completed	Kumaun University
8	Synthesis of biochar using wastewater treatment plant sludge (SDB)	Completed	IIT Madras
9	Characterization of BDB and SDB	Going on	IIT Madras
10	Sorption and sono-sorption of three textile dyes and its kinetic and equilibrium study using BDB	Going on	IIT Madras
11	Textile dye degradation study in pulse power plasma	Completed	IIT Madras
12	Effect of catalyst in pulse power plasma	Completed	IIT Madras
13	Effect of the input voltage on the degradation of dyes	Completed	IIT Madras
14	Effect of other parameters	Going on	IIT Madras
15	Degradation mechanism study	Going on	IIT Madras

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
16	Synthesis of triptycene based polymer	Completed	IISER Bhopal
17	Adsorption study for pharmaceuticals using triptycene based polymers	Going on	IIT Madras
18	Fluoride free drinking water	Lab-scale performance evaluation	IIT Madras
19	Sensors and Kits for Water Quality Monitoring	Combining sensing moieties with detection techniques	IIT Madras
20	Low-cost microfluidic platform for multi-analyte assessment of water quality	Detection of single contaminants	IIT Madras
21	Atmospheric Water Capture	Completion of large area nano-engineered surface fabrication	IIT Madras
22	CDI Prototype	Incorporation of ion exchange membranes Integration with electronic and photovoltaic system	IIT Madras
23	Synthesis and characterization of affordable composite materials for the removal of heavy metals and microbes	Completed	IIT Tirupati
24	Performance evaluation of the materials	Completed	IIT Tirupati
25	Reuse/Recycle of spent materials	Completed	IIT Tirupati
26	Prototype: design, development, and evaluation	On-Going	IIT Tirupati
27	Field trials - household unit	On-Going	IIT Tirupati
28	Documentation and data analyses: report making, manuscript preparation, patent filing	On-Going	IIT Tirupati
29	Development of single probe multi-analyte sensor for different metal ions with specific focus on Cr (III & VI), As (III & V), and Hg (II)	1. A simple, low-cost and sensitive multiplexed electrochemical sensor using dual functionalizatized graphene oxides. Evaluation of handheld electrochemical device. 2. Synthesis of L- Cysteine, L- Glutathione, Dithiothreitol on graphene oxide 3. Development of novel, low cost colorimetric and fluorescent probes	CSIR-CLRI
30	DegradatiCharacterization and Lead removal studyon mechanism study	Under progress	Kumaun University & IIT Madras

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
31	• Optimization of fabrication conditions for molecular cage- derived crystalline covalent organic framework based free-standing film for nanofiltration • Testing of pristine and sulfonated HCPs for real-time removal of pharmaceuticals found in Indian surface water • Optimization of ionic porous polymers for toxic metal anion removal • Manuscript writing and publication	• Optimization of the fabrication conditions for cage derived crystalline covalent organic framework based free-standing film through interfacial polymerization • Nanofiltration study using crystalline COF films • Pristine and sulfonated HCPs for the removal of pharmaceutical compounds from water (e.g., carbamazepine) • Optimization of fabrication conditions of triaminoguanidinium based porous organic polymers for dichromate, permanganate anion removal • Publication of manuscript on Nanostructured triptycene-based hypercrosslinked porous organic polymers for rapid separation of polar organic micropollutants	IISER Bhopal
32	Toxicity profiling of various materials/compounds	Preliminary in vitro experiments were performed on various cell lines to assess their toxic profile	CSIR-IITR and Kumaun University, Nainital
33	Quantum Dots for Anticancer activity	Cytotoxicity assay (MTT), Quantum dots internalization through flow cytometry, and Fluorescent microscopy study are underway.	CSIR-IITR and Kumaun University, Nainital
34	Carbon nanotubes for water treatment	Cytotoxicity assay (MTT) to determine the effective concentration of IC50 of the carbonaceous material is in progress.	CSIR-IITR and Kumaun University, Nainital
35	Chitosan-RGO-Ag nanocomposite films for disinfection of water	Cytotoxicity assay (MTT) to determine the effective concentration of IC50 of the leachate sample is underway.	CSIR-IITR and Kumaun University, Nainital

WP3: Wastewater Management

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
1	Laboratory studies on identification of appropriate adsorbent materials for the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds and nutrients	Completed	IIT Madras
2	Fabrication of large scale 4 μm pilot ceramic filter for the treatment of secondary treated wastewater.	Completed	IIT Madras
3	Batch study with 4 μm pilot scale ceramic filter membrane by fixing feed flow rate below 15 m3/h with secondary treated wastewater as feed.	Completed	IIT Madras
4	Quality analysis for the parameters like pH, COD, Fecal coliform, and Turbidity for Ceramic filter and it was compared with existing UF system.	Completed	IIT Madras
6	Modification work for continuous process with 4 μm pilot scale ceramic filter membrane.	Completed	IIT Madras
5	Flux monitoring study along with Transmembrane pressure in batch process.	Completed	IIT Madras
7	Continuous experiments with 4 μm pilot scale ceramic membrane filter by fixing feed flow rate below 15 m3/h with secondary treated wastewater as feed along with air plus water backwash.	Completed	IIT Madras
8	Optimization of air plus water backwash timing.	Completed	IIT Madras
9	Continuous filtration cycle with 4μm pilot scale ceramic membrane followed by air plus water backwash (1-90 cycles) with secondary treated wastewater along with chemical enhanced backwash (CEB).	Completed	IIT Madras
10	Comparison of energy and chemical consumption for Ceramic and ultrafilter	Completed	IIT Madras
11	Optimization of operation time and flow rate.	On going	IIT Madras
12	Studies on decolorization of high concentration of azo dye-Methyl Red via denitrification pathway	Completed	VIT Chennai
13	Batch studies on decolorization of model azo dyes (Orange G, Tartrazine, and Chrysodine Y) via denitrification pathway	Completed	VIT Chennai
14	Gene expression studies on Nitrifiers, ammonia oxidizers and sulfur reducers (Oct 2020 - March 2021)	SBR and UASB studies have been restarted and the work is in progress. Subsequent to the stabilization and continued operation of SBR and UASB studies, the gene expression of the bacteria consortia will be carried out.	(CSIR-CLRI)
15	Effect of COD loading and total nitrogen rates in tannery waste water (April 2021 – Sep 2021)	Removal of COD and TKN were evaluated with different loading rates in SBR.	(CSIR-CLRI)

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
16	Effect of nitrogen loading rates in tannery wastewater with SBR	Removal of TKN and Ammoniacal nitrogen were evaluated with different loading rates	Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI)
17	Initial study of AD-MEC, system in continuous mode for COD removal, biogas generation and ammonia recovery	Based on the study of graphene coated electrode based microbial fuel cell (MFC) and subsequent optimization of the process parameters namely PEM (Salt bridge, varying length), Salinity (anode Chamber), pH (anode Chamber), Aeration (anode Chamber), Temperature (cathode chamber), Stirring speed (both cathode and anode Chambers), Electrode (both cathode and anode Chambers) Light (both cathode and anode Chambers), anaerobic decomposition (AD) – microbial enzymatic cell (MEC) was initiated and a surveillance on the scale of COD reductions in the effluent, biogas generation at cathode and ammonia conversion efficiency were carried out in addition to electricity generations.	PRIST
18	Fine tuning of AD-MEC, system in continuous mode	Ongoing	PRIST

WP4: Collection and distribution

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
1	Scheduling for water distribution networks	Pure data driven methods demonstrated on laboratory network Heuristics for reducing computational effort for model based formulation developed Python based web application is being devloped and will be released	IIT Madras

WP5: Incubation HUB – Commercialization Outreach

S.NO	Activity	Progress	Responsible Organization
1	Incubation Hub	Continuation and completion of process set up	IIT Madras