The Prime Minister on January 3, 2024 inaugurated the Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) plant at Kadmat in Lakshadweep.
- It will produce 1.5 lakh litres of clean drinking water every day.
- The LTTD is a process under which the warm surface sea water is flash evaporated at low pressure and the vapour is condensed with cold deep sea water.
- The LTTD technology does not require any chemical pre and post-treatment of seawater and thus the pollution problems are minimal and suitable for island territories.
- Since no effluent treatment is required, it gives less operational maintenance problems compared to other desalination processes.
- Institute National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has developed Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) technology.
