Trivandrum | Water Supply , Sewerage & Irrigation System

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Aruvikkara-Peroorkada pipeline to be fully renewed: Minister



Source: Manoramaonline

[ajithv]

Septic tanks and latrines have become major sources of groundwater and surface-water pollution in the State, with significant impact on environment, public health and the economy. Poor collection and disposal of septage and the absence of appropriate technology for treatment have worsened the situation over the years.

To address the crisis, the government has launched a project to develop a septage management plan for Kerala on the participatory model. The project to be taken up by the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) and the Suchitwa Mission will generate data on the septage load in different districts, the characteristics of septage at different locations and the quantity generated. It will recommend proper treatment options and strategies to be adopted to enlist the support of the public.

The study aims at improving the collection system and introducing sludge treatment. Septage samples will be collected from selected locations, representing corporations, municipalities and panchayats. Septage from hotels and hospitals will be collected separately and characterised. Samples will be collected from areas distributed spatially to ensure representation of lowlands, including coastal and waterlogged areas; midland regions; and highlands. The study team will also carry out seasonal analysis of samples.

Priority will be given to places lThiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode and Kollam where septage treatment has been planned. The samples will be subjected to biological and chemical analysis.

Invisible hazard

“Unlike solid waste, septage is an invisible hazard. In the absence of data and containment strategies, contamination from septage is grossly underestimated. There have been several instances of private agencies illegally collecting septage from apartment complexes and dumping it into water bodies,” says George Chachacherry, executive director, Suchitwa Mission.

According to P.S. Harikumar, Head, Water Quality division, CWRDM, and principal investigator of the project, separate types of systems might be necessary to treat septage at different levels. “In panchayats or small municipal towns, plants based on simple treatment technologies may be sufficient. But in larger cities, more detailed plants may be necessary. Pathogen-free septage may be explored as an organic manure for soil enrichment. Another option is to harness the energy generated through the anaerobic treatment system.”

Some of the treatment options available are land application, co-treatment with sewage treatment plants and standalone units.

The project will study and investigate the advantages and disadvantages of different treatment methods and suggest the most suitable options based on local conditions and environmental concerns of the State.

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[ajithv]

Rs.500-crore project to revive Karamana, Killi

A Rs.500-crore project for pollution abatement in the Karamana and the Killi, said to be the second largest such project in the State after the Pampa revival project, is in the preparatory stages before being submitted to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for approval.

The project aims at a comprehensive approach to clean up the rivers, their banks and to sustain the efforts by social auditing and stringent punishment for those who pollute the river.

It is likely to be a precursor to similar projects aimed at the revival of other major rivers and waterbodies in the State, G. Anil Kumar, Superintending Engineer (Irrigation), told The Hindu .

However, though the project was cleared by the Cabinet in January, with Water Resources Minister P.J. Joseph pitching for an accredited agency such as Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) to conduct initial studies and project report preparation so as to make easier the process of getting the approval of the Ministry of Forests and Environment, delay in handing over the Rs.2.2-crore work order to the agency has kept the project still on paper.

Measures

Such technical glitches apart, the project, once kicked off, will aim at activities that encompass a wide range of objectives.

These, according to Mr. Anil Kumar, include public awareness programmes, parks and afforestation, solid-waste management plants, sewage treatment plants, sewer line/water line re-arrangements, stormwater drains, transit camps, rest rooms and utility rooms, public latrines, bathing ghats, dhobi ghats, fencing and waste dumping arrangements, managing river groynes, submerged crossbars and check dams, and flushing out of contamination.

De-silting

De-silting of clogged areas and increasing carriage capacity, arresting sewage inflow, demarcation of river boundaries, walkways, an electronic crematorium, provision of a biomedical waste management facility, environment quality control and monitoring laboratories and a modern slaughterhouse, apart from electrical transformers and power lines, form part of the intended activities, said Mr. Anil Kumar, who had earlier overseen the much-acclaimed beautification of the historic canals in Alappuzha.

Feedback sought

The mammoth project, which can be termed the third and final phase of the interim projects to clear the Thiruvananthapuram city limit stretches of these rivers, has seen the authorities gathering grassroots level feedback from councillors of wards in the region, apart from planning to initiate steps to ensure that there would be no more encroachments of the river banks beyond the city limits.

[Ajaypp]

- Much blah, blah and little more, considering that not even the work order for the DPR study has been in 3 months! It'll be great if this takes off and finds the requisite funds. However, it's be much better if this was part of a coordinated development plan for the metro area rather than yet another blind man trying to find the elephant!

[pradeeptnair1]

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It is through such projects where politicians & shinkidis can do "kayyittuvaral".. peacefully. No questions asked what so ever.. after all it is for water & on water

Heard somewhere Maani is sitting & laying eggs on "Trivandrum Monorail" report. It remained to be seen how quickly he and his colleagues provide approval for this "project" by convening a special cabinet meet.

Originally Posted by ajithv

Rs.500-crore project to revive Karamana, Killi

A Rs.500-crore project for pollution abatement in the Karamana and the Killi, said to be the second largest such project in the State after the Pampa revival project, is in the preparatory stages before being submitted to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for approval.

The project aims at a comprehensive approach to clean up the rivers, their banks and to sustain the efforts by social auditing and stringent punishment for those who pollute the river.

It is likely to be a precursor to similar projects aimed at the revival of other major rivers and waterbodies in the State, G. Anil Kumar, Superintending Engineer (Irrigation), told The Hindu .

However, though the project was cleared by the Cabinet in January, with Water Resources Minister P.J. Joseph pitching for an accredited agency such as Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) to conduct initial studies and project report preparation so as to make easier the process of getting the approval of the Ministry of Forests and Environment, delay in handing over the Rs.2.2-crore work order to the agency has kept the project still on paper.

Measures

Such technical glitches apart, the project, once kicked off, will aim at activities that encompass a wide range of objectives.

These, according to Mr. Anil Kumar, include public awareness programmes, parks and afforestation, solid-waste management plants, sewage treatment plants, sewer line/water line re-arrangements, stormwater drains, transit camps, rest rooms and utility rooms, public latrines, bathing ghats, dhobi ghats, fencing and waste dumping arrangements, managing river groynes, submerged crossbars and check dams, and flushing out of contamination.

De-silting

De-silting of clogged areas and increasing carriage capacity, arresting sewage inflow, demarcation of river boundaries, walkways, an electronic crematorium, provision of a biomedical waste management facility, environment quality control and monitoring laboratories and a modern slaughterhouse, apart from electrical transformers and power lines, form part of the intended activities, said Mr. Anil Kumar, who had earlier overseen the much-acclaimed beautification of the historic canals in Alappuzha.

Feedback sought

The mammoth project, which can be termed the third and final phase of the interim projects to clear the Thiruvananthapuram city limit stretches of these rivers, has seen the authorities gathering grassroots level feedback from councillors of wards in the region, apart from planning to initiate steps to ensure that there would be no more encroachments of the river banks beyond the city limits.

[Ajaypp]

- Perhaps the smartest thing to do is to tie this in with some pond cleaning work in Pala or Malappuram, or some other place which matters to this Government.

[ajithv]

Tender Process underway to replace the "bursting' concrete pipes from Aruvikkara with MS pipes.



Source: Kaumudi

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KSHB’s Apartment Complex at Pattoor Disposes of Garbage Woes

The residents of the Kerala State Housing Board’s apartment complex at Pattoor, Thiruvananthapuram have set up a garbage disposal plant that turns household waste into saleable organic manure.

The residents claim the plant disposes of the garbage and household waste in a scientific and clean manner.

There are 220 dwelling units in the sprawling apartment complex built in the early 1990s as part of the State government’s affordable housing accommodation scheme. The residents say the motorised plant takes less than three hours to segregate and process the huge amount of organic waste, including food leftovers, vegetable, and fish and poultry waste, from the dwelling units.

The process of converting waste to manure is non-polluting and odourless. The manure is removed from the plant every 10 days. A bulk of the manure is used to cultivate vegetables on the rooftop of the complex. The rest is put up for open sale to the public.

The plant cost the residents nearly Rs.5 lakh. The city Corporation and the Kerala State Pollution Control Board had cleared the setting up of the plant. The residents’ association set up the plant without any backing from outside. Now, the government has announced that it will subsidise such plants by at least 90 per cent of their cost. The association said it was attempting to get at least a part of the subsidy for augmenting the capacity of the plant. Association president Jayasankar B. Nair said the government should subsidise garbage treatment plants set up by residents of apartment complexes. Now, it seemed the subsidy was extended to plants established at the household level.

Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali commissioned the plant on May 30.

The first lot of organic manure from the plant is ready for open sale. Shashi Tharoor, MP, will open the sale by giving the first packet of the manure to Mayor K. Chandrika at a function scheduled to be held at the complex on Saturday.

[Kannan46]

Originally Posted by ajithv

KSHB’s Apartment Complex at Pattoor Disposes of Garbage Woes

The residents of the Kerala State Housing Board’s apartment complex at Pattoor, Thiruvananthapuram have set up a garbage disposal plant that turns household waste into saleable organic manure.

The residents claim the plant disposes of the garbage and household waste in a scientific and clean manner.

There are 220 dwelling units in the sprawling apartment complex built in the early 1990s as part of the State government’s affordable housing accommodation scheme. The residents say the motorised plant takes less than three hours to segregate and process the huge amount of organic waste, including food leftovers, vegetable, and fish and poultry waste, from the dwelling units.

The process of converting waste to manure is non-polluting and odourless. The manure is removed from the plant every 10 days. A bulk of the manure is used to cultivate vegetables on the rooftop of the complex. The rest is put up for open sale to the public.

The plant cost the residents nearly Rs.5 lakh. The city Corporation and the Kerala State Pollution Control Board had cleared the setting up of the plant. The residents’ association set up the plant without any backing from outside. Now, the government has announced that it will subsidise such plants by at least 90 per cent of their cost. The association said it was attempting to get at least a part of the subsidy for augmenting the capacity of the plant. Association president Jayasankar B. Nair said the government should subsidise garbage treatment plants set up by residents of apartment complexes. Now, it seemed the subsidy was extended to plants established at the household level.

Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali commissioned the plant on May 30.

The first lot of organic manure from the plant is ready for open sale. Shashi Tharoor, MP, will open the sale by giving the first packet of the manure to Mayor K. Chandrika at a function scheduled to be held at the complex on Saturday.

This seems to be a great news - at least knocking the door to the biggest garbage disposal problem.
Such schemes have the advantage of enlisting more active participation from the residents since it is localized to their apartment complex, do away with the time consuming and cost involved transportation needed for a centralized system and facilitate easy management and further improvement due to the small capacities.
The only disadvantage may be the lack of getting services of high professionals to manage the system.
It is nice to hear that the Govt is ready to subsidize to the extent of 90%.
I wish to see more apartment complexes coming forward to follow the Pattoor example.

Cheers!!!

[ajithv]

New agency to handle pipe compost project

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Giving a shot in the arm to the pipe-compost programme that has been lagging in many wards, the government has decided to intervene in the implementation of the scheme. The government on Friday officially entrusted Suchitwa Mission with the project and directed the officials to speed up the scheme.

A meeting of the agencies was held at the corporation on Friday to discuss the progress of the project. An agreement has also been reached with a new accredited agency Socio-Economic Unit Foundation to procure pipes required for the compost units. "One of the main reasons for the slow progress of the scheme was the delay in getting pipes. The agencies had been complaining that the companies were not supplying pipes without advance payment. This will be sorted out with the selection of the new agency," said an official of Suchitwa Mission. As per the agreement, Socio-Economic Unit Foundation will get 20,000 metres of pipe required for the scheme in various wards the next week.

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Biogas plants at Rajaji Nagar, Kannammoola

While it is being trashed for not setting up a biogas plant in its own compound to set an example, the City Corporation is moving ahead with the plan to put up plants at two slums - Rajaji Nagar and Kannammoola. The biogas plants will come up under a Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) scheme for introducing solid waste management mechanism.

The Corporation Council that met last week had approved the setting up of plants at Rajaji Nagar (Chenkalchoolah), Kannammoola Colony, Poojapura Mahila Mandiram and Thycaud Government Hospital. According to Health Standing Committee Chairperson Pushpalatha, the estimate for the biogas plants to be set up in colonies was being worked out. This would be passed on to the KSUDP for processing, she said.

Meanwhile, the Corporation has already kicked off the construction of biogas plants at Manacaud TTI School, Cotton Hill GHSS, Kalipankulam market and Pattom GHSS. A KSUDP official said that the works at the schools are progressing well, but the proposal for the plants in the slums had not yet reached them.

‘’We have nearly ` 5 crore for the solid waste management project under KSUDP. So, we are accepting with open arms whoever comes forward with a proposal,’’ Pushpalatha said.

The idea of a biogas plant at Rajaji Nagar was mooted by the ward councillor representing the area following the large-scale dumping of garbage into the water body here. The area had turned a dumping yard ever since garbage collection had come to a standstill.

According to sources, the initial fervour to set up a plant on the Corporation compound had died down following land issues. The place identified for the plant has already been eyed for constructing a building to expand the main office. Besides, the changes being planned once the new memorial gate is ready leaves little under-utilised space for the plant, an official said.

However, the Opposition rubbished these claims, saying that the plant does not require acres of land, but only the will on the part of the ruling members.

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Rs 23-crore project for Nedumangad

It is no big surprise why Nedumangad, a flourishing municipality a few kilometres from the capital city, is facing acute drinking water shortage.

The Assembly was told on Wednesday that most of the pipes carrying water to the municipal areas were laid way back in 1973, when the water supply scheme for the area was first devised.

The issue came up in the House when Palode Ravi MLA raised it and demanded that the water pipelines be replaced at the earliest. The pipelines had sprung leaks all over, resulting in acute water shortage. ‘’Nedumangad receives water supply once in three days. The people are forced to depend on tanker lorries for water,’’ he said, raising the issue in a calling attention motion.

Water Resources Minister P J Joseph admitted that the pipelines were in a pathetic condition. He said that a ` 23.5-crore project has been prepared for replacing the existing pipelines with cast iron pipes. Also, orders have been placed for two 175 hp pumps to ensure smooth water supply in the area. They will be installed soon, he said.

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Technopark to have treatment plant

They may have hi-tech jobs, but the stink of garbage on the Technopark campus has made the lives of techies here miserable.

They could soon, however, be free of the problem as a state- of- the -art garbage treatment plant is in the offing for the park which is turning eco-friendly in other ways too, by banning the use of plastic on campus.

The park plans to set up a modern garbage treatment and plastic shredding unit with the support of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India.

The Rs 75 lakh project has been cleared by the Suchitwa Mission and an agency from Kochi has been roped in to implement it.

On an average about two tonnes of garbage is generated at the Technopark every day and is presently dumped in pits as there is no garbage treatment facility on campus.

“We hope to free the Technopark of plastics altogether some time in the future. As a first step we have asked the firms here to drastically cut down their use of plastic and many have already begun avoiding the use of plastic cups,” says Technopark senior business development manager, M. Vasudevan, hoping the advanced garbage treatment plant will provide a lasting and scientific solution to its garbage troubles.

Source: City Kaumudi

[ajithv]

Originally Posted by ajithv

KSHB’s Apartment Complex at Pattoor Disposes of Garbage Woes

[Tri Man]

Originally Posted by ajithv

Technopark to have treatment plant




Source: City Kaumudi

Hope this is not the Garbage plant,our CM was mentioning a few months back. Earlier there was plan by government to set up garbage plant here,as alternative to vilappilsala Plant.

[ajithv]

Not in Technopark...But in a portion of land from Technocity !

[ajithv]

JICA water supply for 84,000 more people from month-end

By July-end, water supply from a project assisted by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the State capital is all set to reach 84,000 more people, at least 30 per cent of whom will get piped water for the first time.

This major boost in water supply comes with the commissioning of the project in two zones of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA), Powdikonam and Vattiyurkavu, probably in the latter half of this month. These two will be the first of the total of seven zones to be commissioned, KWA authorities said.

In the Vattiyurkavu zone that caters to 19,000 people, mostly from the Vattiyurkavu ward and surrounding areas, the commissioning process was only a formality since work had been completed here and the supply was unofficially on in some areas, the authorities said.

The zone has two overhead tanks, one of 13.4 lakh litres at Nettayam and the other of 10 lakh litres at Malamugal.

In the Powdikonam zone, which caters to 65,000 people, there are two tanks — a ground-level tank with 72 lakh-litre capacity and an overhead tank of 10 lakh-litre capacity.

While the bigger tank is expected to be the source for areas such as Powdikonam, Kariyam and Sreekaryam up to Technopark, the smaller tank will cater to slightly elevated areas, including Andoorkonam.

Most of the work in the zone had been completed, and the flushing and disinfection of the 75-km pipeline network was in progress. This was expected to be over in 10 days, the officials said.

Ashok Kumar Singh, Managing Director, KWA, said people from areas such as Sreekaryam, Powdikonam, Vattiyurkavu, and PTP Nagar would no more have to complain about water shortage once these two zones were commissioned.

As for the remaining zones, the Attukal zone had only an interconnection work with the old pipeline network extending from the Iranimuttom reservoir pending. With the earlier contractors backing out of the precision work, tenders had been re-issued. In the Thiruvallam zone, however, the KWA had ensured that water was already in the tank. The interconnection and distribution network here had to be done under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme. This was yet to be taken up.

Similar was the case at Nemom. One of the reasons cited for the delay by the JNNURM officials was a jump in road restoration charges that took the cost estimate from Rs.14 crore to Rs.42 crore.

Meanwhile, a solution to land acquisition near a cemetery and the refusal of permission from Railways to take pipes underneath a railway line in one zone remain major hurdles to the completion of the project, in which the KWA role is expected to be over by May 2013.

[ajithv]

Palayam market gets shredder unit


Not many people are aware of how a plastic shredder unit works. But stopping by the Palayam market, one cannot but help notice how almost everyone — from the shopkeeper to the hawker — seems to know a lot more about such a machine than what one might expect of them.

Finding the newly installed plastic shredder unit at the busy Palayam market would have been a difficult job but for the help of shoppers and sellers, who would gladly guide anyone to the machine, the installation of which they had watched keenly for the past six months.

On Wednesday, a trial run of the unit was done and 10 clean-well workers were given training at the unit. Minister for Urban Affairs Manjalamkuzhi Ali will inaugurate the unit on Thursday.

Fruit seller Ravi finds the new unit to be a solution to the plastic menace in the city and even knows why such a unit ended up in a busy market inside the city.

“This unit was meant to be installed at the Manacaud market but people protested. I do not know the reason but finally they chose this market,” he says.

The facility, set up at the far end of the market, has two shredder units, each costing approximately Rs.1.38 lakh, and each capable of processing 50 kg of plastic in one hour. Speaking to The Hindu , Palayam ward councillor Palayam Rajan said the Corporation had plans to tie-up with Sri Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust to recycle the processed plastic waste at the trust’s new unit which was expected to be completed in some months. The training on Thursday drew a few curious observers from the market. Many who protested against the installation in other areas were not aware of its working. They were under the misconception that plastics would be heaped up together and burnt at the unit, he says.