Practice Name:

Purification of Water

Details
Category	Water Management
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Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Seeds of clearing nut tree (Strychnos potatorum)
Details of Innovation	In the forest area of tiger conservation and the other forest areas of Andhra pradesh, clearing nut tree (Strychnos potatorum) is practiced. People from this area use this tree for the purification of water. Water is immediately cleaned when crushed seeds of the clearing nut tree are placed in it. For the purification of water, few seeds of clearing nut tree (Strychnos potatorum) are mixed with salt and water. After 15 minutes, sediments of minute particles can be observed at the bottom of the container. Now, scientists have found that certain chemicals from the seeds can prevent industrial pollution. This substance can remove heavy metals like cadmium and mercury atoms like uranium, thorium and other effective radio isotopes from the water. It is a traditional practice.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Hornwil
District	East godavari
KVK District	CTRI KVK, Kalavalcherla, Rajahmundry, West Godavari district
Address	East godavari Andhra Pradesh
Languages Spoken
Vocation	Farming
State	Andhra Pradesh
PIN Code	‎533101

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Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Eastern Coastal plain, hot sub-humid to semi arid eco region (12.1, 18.4), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) East Coast plain and hill region (XI), Agro climatic Zone (NARP) Krishna Godavari Zone (AP-1)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000002700
Reference	Lok(4)2, April-1999, pg.no-9
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/259
State	Andhra Pradesh
PIN Code	‎533101