Hyderabad will become the first city in India to have 100 percent treatment of sewage with the commissioning of 31 STPs in the city in August.
WD News: The Municipal Administration department will be taking up 25 more sewerage treatment plants apart from 31 ongoing STPs to ensure the treatment of 2,829 MLDs (million litres per day) of sewage with a cost of Rs 3,840 crore in the city. Besides this, the department has proposed to take up 25 more STPs to ensure treatment of 2,829 MLDs.
As per officials, the existing capacity of the city is 772 million litres per day. The city is spread in about 670 sq kms and 46.8 percent of population of the state lives in Hyderabad. The amount of sewage discharged was also more, hence the state government took up 31 STPs in city. The existing STPs are treating 1,259.5 MLD. With the addition of 25 more STPs covering 798 MLDs, the total number of STPs in the city will now be 81 with the treatment of 2,829 MLD. The projects getting completed this year include 8 STPs of 402.50 MLD on the north of Musi river benefiting catchment areas on the north of Musi in GHMC, 6 STPs with 480.50 MLDs benefiting catchment areas on the south of Musi and 17 STPs of 376.50 MLDs benefiting areas of Kukatpally-HS Lake catchment areas in GHMC.
The state government proposes to use this treated water in construction, landscaping, horticulture and cooling furnaces of thermal plants among others.
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All upcoming construction project venture should have there own STP.
Municipality should not approve the project without community STP Plant it can be package MBR system.Treated water can be used for landscape, horticulture and district cooling system.