Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has developed a comprehensive plan to establish wastewater treatment facilities in four different areas of the city. The initiative aims to process 14 million litres per day (MLD) of water and distribute it to residents, like the approach taken by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). This move comes in response to the impending drinking water shortage faced by the city.
Presently, the Vani Vilas Water Works authorities supply 235 MLD of water daily to 65 ward areas, sourcing the drinking water from the Kapila and Cauvery rivers. However, approximately 14 MLD of treated drinking water remains unfit for human consumption and is being wasted by the MCC due to the absence of a backwashing water treatment plant. The 14 MLD of wastewater is generated from various water treatment plants: 4 MLD each from the VaniVilas Treatment Centre and Melapura water treatment plant, and 3 MLD each from the Hongalli and Bidaragodu water treatment plants. Until now, the MCC has been utilising this wastewater for horticulture purposes and diverting it to Kukkarahalli Lake via pipeline without proper treatment facilities.
To address this issue, the MCC has devised a master plan to make this wastewater suitable for human consumption by constructing backwashing water treatment plants at all four water treatment centres.
Mohammed Mustafa, assistant executive engineer of VaniVilas Water Works, stated, “About 96% of the work on construction of backwash water treatment plant is completed at VaniVilas Water Treatment Centre at Yadavagiri. MCC has planned to set up similar backwash water treatment plants at Hongalli, Melapura and Bidaragodu treatment plants. It has also sent proposals to its higher ups.”
Approval for remaining plants soon
- Shivakumar, former mayor, mentioned that during his tenure, a proposal for the construction of such a plant was submitted to the state urban development department. The state government has granted permission for the establishment of the plant at the VaniVilas Treatment Centre and is likely to approve the remaining plants soon. By implementing these plants, MCC can recycle 14 MLD of drinking water for residents, thereby alleviating the drinking water challenges to a certain extent.
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