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 IJIRST –International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology| Volume 4 | Issue 10 | March 2018
ISSN (online): 2349-6010

Study and Modification of Sewage Treatment

Plant, at Jaspur
Arnab Biswas Anil Singh Bali
Student Student
Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering
VGEC, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad VGEC, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad

Tabiyar Dhiren Zaveri Ronak

Student Student
Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering
VGEC, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad VGEC, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad

Buddhev Bhavin
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Mechanics
VGEC, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad

Abstract
India is large country with growing needs of essential resources like food, water, and Shelter. The indiscriminate population
increase has raised the demand for food and fodder to continue life on Earth. Unfortunately the amount of domestic waste, sewage
and solid wastes etc. has also increased and thereby causing pollution of our environment. In Indian context the situation is very
drastic. This situation can only be handled by not throwing sewage directly to natural resources and reuse the treated water the
ultimately reduces the overall demand of fresh water. In India an estimated 62,000 MLD sewage is generated in urban areas while
the treatment capacity across India is 23,277 MLD, or 37% of sewage generated, according to the data released by the government
in December 2015 rest falls directly into rivers causing sewer problems. The operation and maintenance of existing treatment
capacity is below par with almost 40% plants not confirming to environmental rules for discharge into streams, the CPCB’s 2009
report said. The main aim of this paper is to suggest any possible modification in treatment process in the sewage plant taken under
consideration in order to improve the effluent quality and thus minimizing the pollution of water resources, Reuse the treated water
for various purposes such as agricultural and land irrigation, toilet flushing, ground water recharge and the sludge generated can
be used for bio-gas generation and as manure for agriculture purposes.
Keywords: Sewage, Treatment, Million Liters per Day (MLD), Sludge, Pollution, STP
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I. INTRODUCTION

The sewage generate from residence, hospitals, offices, industries etc. It includes domestic municipal or industrial liquid waste
products disposed of usually by a pipe or sewer, domestic sewage contains a wide variety of dissolved and suspended impurities
and is primary source of pathogens and putrescible organic substances. Sewage treatment plant of Jaspur, Gandhinagar is one of
the three Sewage treatment plant which is currently operational. It was commissioned in the year 2008. The STP was installed with
a capacity of 76 MLD. The Technology used for sewage treatment is Activated Sludge Process (ASP).

Fig. 1.1: Satellite image of plant

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The Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation’s information points that available treatment capacity in the city is 90 MLD.
Considering that 80 percent of water supplied gets generated as wastewater, the wastewater in the Gandhinagar comes to 60 MLD.
Thus, Gandhinagar has a surplus of 30 MLD of wastewater treatment capacity. As per the House listing and Household data of
Census 2011, Gandhinagar has 75.7 percent households, which have access to closed drains. There are only 1.8 households, which
have access to open drainage. 22.6 households still don’t have access to any drainage. Thus, the maximum wastewater generated
by 77.5 percent households would reach the Jaspur STP in the city. During the field visits to the city, it was found that seven
villages are using wastewater for irrigation from Jaspur STP. The village of Jethlaj located at tail end receives water during intense
rainfalls. As the storm water collection is done through the sewage collection networks, the quantity of sewage increases
substantially during intense rainfalls. The irrigation department collects due water charges from around 200 farmers, which are
using wastewater for irrigation. A total net area of 769 hectare and a gross area of 1834 hectare is being irrigated using wastewater.
The estimated agriculture receipts are around Rs. 8.79 crore with a cash profit of around Rs. 5.63 crores. In this proper, based on
study of various components of STP, some unit of plant are not working property. Some modification is necessary especially in
grit chamber, polishing tank, plant laboratory and design of sludge digestion tank. One in-house technical laboratory is suggested
to look after the quality contract at STP aspect.

Fig. 1.2: Irrigation areas of treated waste water.

II. STUDY OF MAIN COMPONENTS OF TREATMENT PLANT

Pump House
The sewage from the city firstly enter into a large chamber below the pump house known as wet well or sump well. The sewage
collected here is lifted using a pump and delivered to the inlet chamber. The pump house has two submergible centrifugal pumps,
one with a capacity of 200hp and other with a capacity of 500hp. In general, the 200hp pump is used but in case of maintenance
or during large inflow of sewage 500hp is used.

Fig. 1.3: Pump House

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Screening
The sewage from the inlet chamber enters into screening. Screening is very first operation carried in sewage treatment to remove
the floating matter. In order to protect the pumps and others equipment from damages. There are two bar-screens inclined at an
angle of about 450.
The screens are mechanically cleaned but requires manual cleaning also from time to time because of the inefficiency of the
lever shown in fig. The debris are removed to a conveyer belt and is disposed by dumping.

Fig. 1.4: Screen Bars

Grit Chamber
The grit chamber removes the inorganic grit, such as sand, gravel, and other mineral matter that has a nominal diameter of 0.15 to
0.20 mm or more. It is designed to remove all particles of higher specific gravity of 2.65 or so. In this, the solids are removed by
rotating raking mechanism to a sump at the side of the tank. Settled grit may be moved up an incline by a reciprocating rake
mechanism.

Fig. 1.4: Grit Chamber

Primary Sedimentation tank
The screens and grit chambers do remove most of the floating materials and heavy inorganic settleable solids from the sewage.
However a part of suspended organic solids which are heavy to remove by the sedimentation tanks. The sewage from parshall
flume enters into a distribution box from where it distributes into primary sedimentation tank. It is diameter of the PST is 39.7 with
depth of 3.2m and free board of 0.5m.

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Fig. 1.5: Primary Settling tank

Aeration tank
The activated sludge process of sewage treatment is based on providing intimate contact between the sewage and biological active
sludge. The activated sludge is the sludge which is obtained by settling sewage in presence of abundant oxygen so as to be
supercharged with favorable aerobic micro-organisms.
In this plant, mechanical aeration is used to introduce air into aeration tank. There are total 16 vertical mechanical aerators. But
only one or two aerators were being operated at a time we because the sewage was by passed due to heavy load.

Fig. 1.6: Aeration tank

Secondary sedimentation tank
From aeration tank the effluent enters into secondary sedimentation tank. It is a central feed type circular tank. Secondary settling
is of considerable importance in the activated sludge process as the effluent separation of the biological sludge is necessary not
only for ensuring final effluent quality but also for return of adequate sludge to maintain the Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids level
in the aeration tank.

Fig. 1.7: Secondary Sedimentation tank

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Sludge Drying Bed

Sludge drying beds are one of the simplest and oldest techniques for sludge dewatering. They are impermeable beds filled with
different layers of gravels and sand. Drainage pipes are incorporated in bottom of the beds. Sludge is applied in layers on the top
gravel beds. Drying is achieved by evaporation and gravity percolation. There are six numbers of unplanted drying beds in the
plant

Fig. 1.8: Sludge Drying Bed

III. MODIFICATION

Based on detailed study of this STP, some modification are suggested to improve the quality of treatment and achieve better
operational condition of this STP.
Grit Chamber:
The chambers are square in design and the scrappers rotate in circular motion due to which the grit accumulated on the corners are
not removed at all. This is required to be removed later manually by shovels frequently moreover the efficiency also reduces
resulting in more load on subsequent treatment units. By proper of design of side slopes can prevent the accumulation of grit on
corners.
Tertiary Treatment:
The treated waste water is mainly used for irrigation purposes therefore treatment up to secondary treatment is give satisfactory
output, but it can also be used for other purposes such as ground water recharge, industrial purpose, toilet flushing, and other
purposes.
Phosphorous removal from waste water:
Controlling phosphorous discharged from municipal waste water treatment plants is a key factor in preventing eutrophication of
surface waters. Phosphorous is one of the major nutrients contributing in the increased eutrophication of lakes and natural waters.
Thus, the removal of phosphorous from waste water should be done by either biological solids or chemical precipitates.
Nitrogen removal from waste water:
Denitrification is the conversion of (NO3) to inert nitrogen gas (N2). It is the final step in the nitrogen cycle, a combination of
natural processes by which nitrogen transform from one form into another. There are methods to remove the nitrogen from waste
water are ion exchange chemical reduction, and biological denitrification.
Sludge Digestion Tank:
There is no provision of sludge digestion tank in the treatment plant. The sludge is, first of all, stabilized by decomposing the
organic matter under controlled anaerobic conditions, and then disposed of suitably after drying on drying beds, etc. In a sludge
digestion process, the sludge gets broken into the following three forms likes, Digested sludge, Supernatant Liquor, Gases of
decomposition.
The digested sludge is dewatered, dried up, and used as fertilizer, while the gases produced are also used for fuel or driving gas
engines. The supernatant liquor contains about 1500 to 3000 ppm of suspended solids; and is, therefore, re-treated at the treatment
plant along with the raw sewage.

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IV. RECOMMENDATIONS

The in-house laboratory is not in operational condition. It should be started again so that samples can be tested to verify the proper
functioning of treatment units with good efficiency. If the effluent quality are not satisfactory then appropriate operational measures
can be taken to get the required efficiency.
The machines and equipment used in different treatment units are old and outdated thus providing less efficiency in some cases.
For example, in screen chamber the machine used to clean the screen bars is manually mechanically operated and is not that
efficient. So, new machines and equipment can be used for less laborious operation and better efficiency also. In this case, an
automated hydraulic screen chamber can be used.
There is no proper storage facility for the effluent. The effluent is directly send to a pond nearby. Since the sewage treated is of
intermediate quality only, it may slowly degrade the soil of nearby areas by deposition of harmful impurities which may be still
present in the effluent. So, a proper storage facility with prior tertiary treatment can be environment friendly step to be considered.
After secondary treatment, the treated sewage is send to the polishing pond without any disinfection the elimination of pathogenic
organisms is also necessary for prevention of diseases. Disinfection can be done with various disinfectants although chlorine is
commonly used. Many large cities have switched to sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) because of the safety concerns related to
handling and storage of liquid chlorine.

V. CONCLUSIONS

Proper maintenance and operation of plant can result in better efficiency. The old machines which are resulting in increased
hydraulic load and less efficiency should be changed. Also laboratory within the plant for regular testing can keep control on the
quality of treatment. Better sludge quality along with earning of some revenue can be done by adding anaerobic digester. The
treated water can also be used for horticulture, arboriculture ground water recharge.

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