Two Pall Rochem reverse osmosis plants generate 15m3 of fresh water each every 24 hours.
In dry years a reverse osmosis plant that desalinated seawater augmented this.
A two-storey extension provides sleeping accommodation for 24 people, a clothing store, boiler room and reverse osmosis plant on the ground floor.
Sathyabama University has a reverse osmosis plant for water supply.
A reverse osmosis plant is also set up to offer pure drinking water to visitors.
The panchayat had installed a reverse osmosis plant in 2010 to ensure the supply of clean drinking water to the villagers.
Bransfield also produces all the freshwater for the base using a reverse osmosis plant.
The university has a reverse osmosis plant to cater to the drinking water needs of the campus.
In 1995 the supply was further supplemented with desalinated groundwater, using a reverse osmosis plant producing up to 500 kL per day.
But another reverse osmosis plant on the coast would be quickly fouled by oil, which has hydrocarbon molecules thousands of times larger than those in water.
