International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering and Management
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Issue: 6
First page : ( 72) Last page : ( 77)
Online ISSN : 2350-0557.
DOI: 10.55524/ijirem.2023.10.6.11 |
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.55524/ijirem.2023.10.6.11
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Fayaz Ahmad Lone
Srinagar, located in the Kashmir Valley, faces significant water scarcity challenges due to population growth, urbanization, and limited freshwater resources. Though the valley is known for its rich water resources, the main city still faces significant water challenges that impact its environment, economy, and social well-being. In this context, wastewater treatment plays a crucial role in reclaiming and reusing water to address the city's water security concerns. This thesis focuses on exploring wastewater treatment technologies and strategies specific to Srinagar, Kashmir. The cost of reclaimed wastewater relative to other water sources and public acceptance of the reclaimed wastewater are the two main factors that determine the viability of wastewater reuse. For social efficiency, the choice of wastewater treatment must weigh a variety of factors and determine which combination will provide the highest net benefit. Presently 3 STP’s namely Hazratbal STP, Laam STP, and Habak STP are functioning around Dal Lake under the control of LCMA (Lake Conservation and Management Authority) and these 3 STP’s discharged the treated water in the Dal Lake. This thesis also focuses on saving the beautiful Dal Lake by diverting the treated wastewater from STP’s around the Dal Lake for non-portable use like irrigating fields, landscape irrigation (public parks, playgrounds, green areas etc.), street cleaning, fire protection system, vehicle washing etc. In this study the water samples from the inlet and outlet of all three plants were analyzed for a duration of three months (May, June, July) for various parameters like Temperature, Dissolved oxygen, BOD, COD, TSS, Phosphorous, Nitrogen content etc. in order to check its quality and usability for non-portable purposes. The quality of the effluent was compared with the standards. The results demonstrate that COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), TSS (Total suspended solids) and Faecal Coliforms have reduced enough according to CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board) and USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) that this wastewater coming out of all three plants has no restrictions for use in agriculture but some parameters haven’t decreased enough to be used for landscape irrigation, street cleaning etc. This study, therefore, tries to attract the attention of the concerned stakeholders for a relook at the purpose of increasing the efficiency by employing the most competent and technical people so that the same treated water can be used for all non-portable purposes.
M. Tech Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, India
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