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 10 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 14 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 14 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 14 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 14 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.