Hyderabad: HMWS&SB managing director (MD) Ashok Reddy on Saturday kicked off the trial runs of two sewage treatment plants (STPs) that were constructed as a part of the ambitious project to achieve 100 per cent sewage treatment in Hyderabad. The plants located in Fatehnagar and Khajakunta will treat effluents from the surrounding areas.
The Fatehnagar STP constructed in an area of 11 acres has a capacity of treating 133 million liters per day (MLD). With sequential batch reactor technology, it will manage sewage from Balanagar, Jeedimetla, Kukatpally, Suraram and Jagadgirigutta. The Khajakunta STP can treat up to 20 MLD.
Before switching on the inlet pumps, the MD inspected the equipment, CC roads, and lighting works. He suggested taking up further landscaping and beautification works with flowering plants.
Apart from the four STPs that are already functional, another seven are ready to be inaugurated, according to a press statement released by the water board.
These plants are located at Mir Alam, Miyapur Patel Pond, Safilguda, Vennelagadda, and Nagole. Other STPs at Nallagandla, Malkam Cheruvu, Shivalaya Nagar, and Palapitta will be inaugurated in August.
Under the project spearheaded by the then municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao, 31 STPs with 1259,50 MLD capacity would be built in three packages. After the project is completed, Hyderabad will become the first South Asian country to treat its entire sewage production on a daily basis.
Package I
Eight STPs in Alwal, Malkajgiri, Kapra and Uppal areas
Cost: Rs. 1230.21 crore
Capacity: 402.50 MLD
Package II
Six STPs in Rajendranagar and LB Nagar areas
Cost: Rs.1355.13 crores
Capacity: 480.50 MLD
Package III
17 STPs in Kukatpally, Quthbullapur, and Serilingampally areas
Cost: Rs.1280.87 crore
Capacity: 376.50 MLD
Current Status
– 1,950 MLD sewage generated daily in Hyderabad
– 772 MLD (46 per cent) sewage treated through 25 STPs
