Kaur, Harkirat and Sahu, Neelesh and Khilnani, Achal S and Pophali, Girish and Labhasetwar, Pawan K (2017) Assessment of Sewage Quality for Implementation of Decentralized Sewage Treatment System for Small Communities in Nagpur. In: 49th Annual Convention of IWWA on "Smart Water Management", January 19-21, 2017, Nagpur.

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Abstract

The present study demonstrates the assessment of sewage quality of two residential areas and two public parks in Nagpur. The sites were chosen considering freshwater demand for non-potable purposes by small communities. Grab samples of raw sewage were collected and analyzed for physicochemical parameters such as pH, alkalinity, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN), Total Phosphate (TP) and faecal coliforms (FC). The raw sewage of all sites was found to be of moderate strength with an average COD of 250 mg/L, BOD 150 mg/L, TSS 200 mg/L, TKN 25 mg/L and TP 3 mg/L. Baseline data was also generated for groundwater samples of the sites under study. Based on the results, various treatment options were proposed comprising natural treatment by wetlands for removal of organics and nutrients, polishing treatment by granular activated carbon for removal of trace contaminants e.g. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products and finally disinfection of the treated effluent to be reused for non-potable purposes.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Environment General, Sustainable Development
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Dr Girish R Pophali
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2017 06:53
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2017 08:51
URI:	http://neeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/874

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