NEW MODEL: Tiruchi the only city in Tamil Nadu chosen by the Union urban development ministry
Tiruchi: Tiruchi would soon become a model city for decentralized waste water treatment management.
Under a project by the Union urban development ministry, the city is going to get mini-plants to treat waste water at 22 places. Indian Institute of Technology-Madras is providing technical support for the project, which is likely to take off shortly.
“Tiruchi is the only city in Tamil Nadu chosen by the ministry for the project,’’ said corporation commissioner TT Balsamy. Guntur in Andhra Pradesh has also been chosen. The project envisages setting up of the decentralized waste water treatment (DWWM) plants at places where DWWM would work more effectively than a centralised treatment system. To be implemented under the public-private partnership model, the treatment plants would be maintained by the stakeholders who benefit from the plants.
A 12-member team from IIT-Madras including Ligy Philip, BS Murthy, K Gopalakrishnan, all faculty members of the environmental and water resources engineering division of the department of civil engineering of the institute, visited Tiruchi recently to identify suitable locations for installation of the plants.
Ligy Philip, principal coordinator of the project, said the final design of the treatment plants would be decided soon and a detailed report would be given to the stake holders. The funding for the project would also be finalised later, she said. The IIT team would decide on the technology to be used in the treatment plants and the cost factor after studying the extent of waste water discharge from the selected sites.
The role of IIT-Madras is to identify an appropriate treatment system based on factors like topography, soil, land availability and re-use potential. The institute would also evaluate performance of the system and give technical suggestions as and when required.
The team has identified 22 tentative locations across the city, of which seven sites including the Central Prison, Cauvery College for Women, Rohini Garden apartments, police quarters and Periyar Nagar have been picked up for first phase of the project. The places were either low lying areas facing problem of water stagnation or without under ground drainage connection.
“Since the plants should be maintained by the public, we conducted talks with the residents of the locality. Many expressed apprehension over a sewage treatment plant coming up in their backyard. But they appeared convinced after we explained that there will not be any odour,” said Balsamy.
Under a project by the Union urban development ministry, the city is going to get mini-plants to treat waste water at 22 places. Indian Institute of Technology-Madras is providing technical support for the project, which is likely to take off shortly.
“Tiruchi is the only city in Tamil Nadu chosen by the ministry for the project,’’ said corporation commissioner TT Balsamy. Guntur in Andhra Pradesh has also been chosen. The project envisages setting up of the decentralized waste water treatment (DWWM) plants at places where DWWM would work more effectively than a centralised treatment system. To be implemented under the public-private partnership model, the treatment plants would be maintained by the stakeholders who benefit from the plants.
A 12-member team from IIT-Madras including Ligy Philip, BS Murthy, K Gopalakrishnan, all faculty members of the environmental and water resources engineering division of the department of civil engineering of the institute, visited Tiruchi recently to identify suitable locations for installation of the plants.
Ligy Philip, principal coordinator of the project, said the final design of the treatment plants would be decided soon and a detailed report would be given to the stake holders. The funding for the project would also be finalised later, she said. The IIT team would decide on the technology to be used in the treatment plants and the cost factor after studying the extent of waste water discharge from the selected sites.
The role of IIT-Madras is to identify an appropriate treatment system based on factors like topography, soil, land availability and re-use potential. The institute would also evaluate performance of the system and give technical suggestions as and when required.
The team has identified 22 tentative locations across the city, of which seven sites including the Central Prison, Cauvery College for Women, Rohini Garden apartments, police quarters and Periyar Nagar have been picked up for first phase of the project. The places were either low lying areas facing problem of water stagnation or without under ground drainage connection.
“Since the plants should be maintained by the public, we conducted talks with the residents of the locality. Many expressed apprehension over a sewage treatment plant coming up in their backyard. But they appeared convinced after we explained that there will not be any odour,” said Balsamy.
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