Sewage Treatment Plant #4 (STP-4) is the smallest sewage treatment plant in Laughing Waters. This plan is to treat over 6,000 liters and day and find a use for it for various purposes.
Narrative
The plant is anaerobic using no energy.
Lots of delays and bad construction, no real design document ...
The design of STP-4 was approved at the time of STP-1. Problems with STP-1 delayed the entire project and increased costs put the entire project on hold. Fundraising carried out in Sep 08 and the appointment of a new sub-committee has put project back on track.
However, the main project is STP-2 and STP-4 is a smaller extra plant where the sewage pipes do not reach easily.
The contractor used an old STP design and constructed STP-4. There was no design provided by the consultant who was surprised to see the actual construction during a visit in Oct 09.
Sewage Treatment Plant Data
No specific STP design or operating data-
Regional Officer of KSPCBImplementation Status: completed Fri 14 Mar 2014, About 9 Years ago
Visit by PCB SEOs
At the invitation of Rajesh Shah, we visited STPs in Whitefield, including all the STPs in Laughing Waters.
We took a water sample to test at our lab.
M. G. Yatish and D. Shanmukappa
KSPCB Senior Environmental Officers -
Rajesh Shah of Peer Water ExchangeImplementation Status: complete_unsuccessful Mon 24 May 2010, Almost 13 Years ago
STP in bad shape
Spent 2 hours in the hot, really hot, sun with Paradigm (Iqbal and Justice) at STP-2, STP-4, park, ...
In retrospect i got yelled at for the completely lousy state they are in, the lack of operation, the breakdown, ....
STP4 is completely non-functional
- whoever cleaned the drains put the soil on top of the STP, it has gone in with pebbles through all the cracks and ...
- the level of mud outside is too high
- the chimney has fallen and broken
- the pump was not present to put treated water out
- no grate on the inlet
- top is not water tight or air tight - Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 15 Apr, 2010 Implementation Phase
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Rajesh Shah of Blue Planet NetworkImplementation Status: completed_partial Sat 06 Mar 2010, About 13 Years ago
Water quality test
Water quality was tested as part of the operation. Attached.
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STP4_qua...
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Rajesh Shah of Peer Water ExchangeImplementation Status: in_progress Wed 25 Nov 2009, Over 13 Years ago
use of waste crushed stone
Narayanappa wanted 2k for materials, and i told him to use crushed stone lying around stp 2 - for the repair work on stp 4. Workers are transporting the material from there. So when he presents bill, please do not pay anything for crushed stone (jelly stone).
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Rajesh Shah of Peer Water ExchangeImplementation Status: completed Fri 20 Nov 2009, Over 13 Years ago
leaks identified
Dhaval and i have been there twice today and verified where the leaks and have told Narayaappa to fix. Should be done in 2-3 days.
- Implementation Phase Project started on 1 Aug, 2009 Preparation Phase
Sewage Treatment Plant #4 (STP-4) is the smallest sewage treatment plant in Laughing Waters. This plan is to treat over 6,000 liters and day and find a use for it for various purposes.
Narrative
The plant is anaerobic using no energy.
Lots of delays and bad construction, no real design document ...
The design of STP-4 was approved at the time of STP-1. Problems with STP-1 delayed the entire project and increased costs put the entire project on hold. Fundraising carried out in Sep 08 and the appointment of a new sub-committee has put project back on track.
However, the main project is STP-2 and STP-4 is a smaller extra plant where the sewage pipes do not reach easily.
The contractor used an old STP design and constructed STP-4. There was no design provided by the consultant who was surprised to see the actual construction during a visit in Oct 09.
Other Issues
Unusual and unexpected issues faced during project execution
Delays, poor construction, ...
System was not water proof ... had to redo twice.
Needed a new pipeline from resident whose sewage line was slightly low.