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Meet on waste water management at I.P.

NEW DELHI: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University conducted a workshop here over the weekend to discuss the interim results of a pilot project to treat waste water at the Yamuna Vihar Sewage Treatment Plant in the Capital.

I.P. University in collaboration with University of Karlsruhe, Germany and Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi had installed the pilot “Rotating Biological Contractor” (RBC) plant at the Yamuna Vihar Plant in May this year. “The performance of the technology has been monitored by our University during the past six months. During the workshop on ‘Demonstration of the capability and flexibility of Rotating Biological Contractor for decentralised wastewater treatment’, we discussed the results which have revealed that the RBC technology is highly successful in removal of organic impurities as well as nitrogen that are very harmful for the quality of Yamuna river,” said Arun Kansal from University School of Environment Management at the University.

The workshop was also attended by representatives of the Delhi Jal Board, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, residents’ welfare associations and non-government organisations, among others.

The RBC technology requires only about one-tenth of the electricity as compared with the technologies that are currently being used for sewage treatment in Delhi. The space requirement is also one-eighth of the conventional technology.

“The project has several advantages like easy adaptability for small, medium or large size installations and requires minimum operation and maintenance requirements. This technology is useful for areas that do not have a sewage connection such as unauthorised colonies and urban slums ,” a University spokesperson said.

University’s Vice-Chancellor K.K. Aggarwal said: “The RBC technology that is cost-effective as well as energy-efficient appears to be a viable solution to the problem.”

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