CM inaugurates modular STP at Chetpet
The Hindu
The ₹3.29-crore plant has a capacity to treat one million litres of wastewater daily
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday commissioned the modular sewage treatment plant (STP) constructed in Chetpet, as part of the Integrated Cooum River Eco Restoration Project.
This was one of the many schemes of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply department inaugurated by the Chief Minister on the occasion.
Constructed on the banks of the Cooum at a cost of ₹3.29 crore, the modular STP has a capacity to treat about one million litres a day.
The commissioning of the plant is expected to bring down pollution on the urban stretch of the Cooum. The STP would use moving bed biofilm reactor technology to treat the sewage as it occupied less space and is cost-effective, according to sources.
The CMWSSB is building two more modular STPs at Choolaimedu with 1.2 mld capacity and Langs Garden with 10 mld capacity. While some quantum of the recycled wastewater would be supplied to industries and the Greater Chennai Corporation, the remaining water would be released into the river to maintain its flow.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated the ₹25.52-crore sewage pumping station at Nilamangai Nagar, Alandur, which would help prevent sewage blocks and address the overflow issues in the locality.
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