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Work to supply treated sewage to industries picks up pace
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| NYOOOZ , Monday, October 09, 2017 |
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| In a year and half, the Chennai Metrowater will be equipped to supply water reclaimed from sewage to industries and save on freshwater sources. Work is under way to build tertiary treatment reverse osmosis plants with a combined capacity of 90 million litres a day (mld) at Kodungaiyur and Koyambedu. With coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance obtained from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the work to build the plant in Kodungaiyur and the pipeline to convey treated sewage to industries has picked up pace. Tertiary treatment is an advanced process that follows secondary treatment of sewage and produces quality water , As Reported By Hindu.
According to the Newspaper,Once completed in March 2019, the plants will be first-of-its-kind tertiary treatment facility in the State. According to sources in the Metrowater, it is the first time that a tertiary treatment facility of capacity of 90 mld is being set up in the country. Nearly 8 per cent of the work to add a 45 mld tertiary treatment unit in an area spread over 10 acres in Kodungaiyur has been completed so far. The water agency is awaiting CRZ clearance to lay a 28.5-km pipeline to convey treated sewage from Kodungaiyur to nearly 23 industries, including North Chennai Thermal Power Station in Minjur, Manali and Ennore corridor. Officials said the pipeline would be laid along the Buckingham canal and across the Ennore creek.
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