Assessment of the efficiency of sewage treatment plants: a comparative study between Nagasandra and Mailasandra sewage treatment plants

Authors

  • P Ravi Kumar Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore
  • Liza Britta Pinto Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore
  • RK Somashekar Department of Environmental Science, Bangalore University, Bangalore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/kuset.v6i2.4020

Keywords:

Total dissolved solids, Chemical oxygen demand, Biochemical oxygen demand, Aeration tank, Mixed liquor suspended solids, Sludge volume index

Abstract

Bangalore city hosts two Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants (UWTPs) towards the periphery of Vrishabhavathi valley, located in Nellakedaranahalli village of Nagasandra and Mailasandra Village, Karnataka, India. These plants are designed and constructed with an aim to manage wastewater so as to minimize and/or remove organic matter, solids, nutrients, disease-causing organisms and other pollutants, before it reenters a water body. It was revealed from the performance study that efficiency of the two treatment plants was poor with respect to removal of total dissolved solids in contrast to the removal/reduction in other parameters like total suspended solids, BOD and COD. In Mailasandra STP, TDS, TSS, BOD, and COD removal efficiency was 20.01, 94.51, 94.98 and 76.26 % and respectively, while in Nagasandra STP, TDS, TSS, BOD, and COD removal efficiency was 28.45, 99.0, 97.6 and 91.60 % respectively. The order of reduction efficiency was TDS < COD < TSS < BOD and TDS < COD < BOD < TSS respectively in Mailasandra and Nagasandra STPs. Additionally, the problems associated with the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment plants is discussed.

Keywords: Total dissolved solids; Chemical oxygen demand; Biochemical oxygen demand; Aeration tank; Mixed liquor suspended solids; Sludge volume index

DOI: 10.3126/kuset.v6i2.4020

Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology Vol.6. No II, November, 2010, pp.115-125

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Kumar, P. R., Pinto, L. B., & Somashekar, R. (2010). Assessment of the efficiency of sewage treatment plants: a comparative study between Nagasandra and Mailasandra sewage treatment plants. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology, 6(2), 115–125. https://doi.org/10.3126/kuset.v6i2.4020

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2010)

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