Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) Plant at Basuaghai

Budget : 3540 Lakhs (35.4 Crore)

Innovation Type (Process/ Product): Process

About the Project:

The state government has taken steps to implement Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) at Basuaghai in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar in order to treat and thereafter safely dispose or reuse the faecal waste. This is being covered under the AMRUT scheme. The treatment plant has a current capacity of 75 KLD and is designed such that it has capacity to handle faecal waste generated for next 7 years. The plant involves a series of treatment steps to first separate the liquids from the solids, and then treat both the liquid and solid streams while recovering as much of the energy or nutritive value as possible. The plant has an elevated unloading platform for trucks and tankers. Faecal sludge is emptied into a sludge receiving box of 1.5 m x 1.5 m x 3m. It goes into an inlet channel of 3m length. Screen bar is placed in the channel at an angle of 45°. From the screens, influent goes to Settling-Thickening tanks of size 14.5 m x 2.5 m x 2.55 m. Thickened sludge is taken out of tanks after a period of 10 days and the supernatant goes into Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR) chambers. The Thickened Sludge is taken to sludge drying beds where they are kept till they are fully dried under direct sunlight. The supernatant is then kept in ABR for 2-3 days for anaerobic treatment. Effluent from ABR is then sent to the horizontal planted or unplanted gravel filter. Water from gravel filters is then taken to polishing pond and finally the treated water is used within the plant premises for landscaping. A population of 2,20,000 has been covered by the project. Effluent is used within the plant premises for landscaping and growing lilies. The present capacity of 75 KLD is proposed to be expandable upto 150 KLD.

Sector : Solid Waste Management

Pilot City : Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Ownership : Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Know More : 0674-2431403, info@bmc.gov.in

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