Co-treatment in Tamil Nadu- Summing up the efforts! — Transcript

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1. 0:10co-treatment at sewage treatment plants
2. 0:12can be
3. 0:12one of the effective ways of managing
4. 0:14this let's see how this is being done in
5. 0:16tamil nadu
6. 0:17before we begin let's discuss what core
7. 0:19treatment is core treatment involves
8. 0:20treating fecal sludge collected from
9. 0:22onsite systems
10. 0:23along with sewage at a sewage treatment
11. 0:25plant or an stp
12. 0:26the fecal sludge is collected from
13. 0:28households by trucks and is transported
14. 0:30to a decanting facility
15. 0:31here it gets mixed with sewage and is
16. 0:33conveyed to the stp for treatment
17. 0:35now let's understand the co-treatment
18. 0:37story in tamil nadu
19. 0:39in urban tamil nadu most of the
20. 0:40households rely on onsite systems for
21. 0:42managing fecal waste
22. 0:44which is why the tamil nadu government
23. 0:45prioritized fecal sludge management
24. 0:47and issued the operative guidelines for
25. 0:49safety management in 2014.
26. 0:51the goal was to ensure that fecal waste
27. 0:54is treated and disposed safely
28. 0:56so how did core treatment become the
29. 0:57first option for tamil nadu
30. 0:59well there are two key factors first of
31. 1:01all code treatment requires low
32. 1:03investments it involves only upgradation
33. 1:05or construction of sludge receiving
34. 1:06facilities
35. 1:07secondly the stps in tamil nadu have a
36. 1:09surplus capacity of almost 35 percent
37. 1:11this represents a clear opportunity for
38. 1:13co-treatment
39. 1:14tamil nadu state investment plan focuses
40. 1:16on optimal utilization of resources
41. 1:18what this means is leveraging existing
42. 1:21infrastructure for core treatment is a
43. 1:22top priority
44. 1:23through a cluster approach core
45. 1:24treatment can increase treatment
46. 1:26coverage to 60 percent of tamil nadu's
47. 1:28urban population
48. 1:29new facilities are planned only where
49. 1:30core treatment is not a possibility
50. 1:32under the cluster approach local bodies
51. 1:34within 10 kilometers of each other share
52. 1:36a single treatment facility
53. 1:37so you may be wondering how tamil nadu
54. 1:39urban sanitation support program is
55. 1:41facilitating co-treatment in tamil nadu
56. 1:43we began with an assessment of sewage
57. 1:44treatment plants and the sewerage
58. 1:46network to understand the feasibility of
59. 1:48code treatment
60. 1:49then we categorized ulbs based on the
61. 1:51status of the facility and the
62. 1:52investment required to implement
63. 1:54core treatment as you can see stps
64. 1:56falling under category a require minimal
65. 1:58investment of
66. 1:59up to rupees 3 lakh co treatment can be
67. 2:02implemented most easily here
68. 2:03cnu ssp is also providing design and
69. 2:06quality assurance support for decanting
70. 2:08facilities
71. 2:09undertaking demonstration of
72. 2:11pre-treatment of fecal sludge
73. 2:14strengthening operations and maintenance
74. 2:15protocol to sustain co-treatment
75. 2:18advocating for decanting facilities at
76. 2:20upcoming sewage treatment plants
77. 2:22building capacities of government
78. 2:24officials and operators
79. 2:26and enabling institutionalization of
80. 2:28cluster approach including in rural
81. 2:30areas
82. 2:31so the way forward for core treatment in
83. 2:33tamil nadu is to
84. 2:34address issues with stps decanting
85. 2:37facilities
86. 2:38enable urban clustering of ulps
87. 2:40institutionalize
88. 2:41arrangements between local bodies and
89. 2:43ensure regulation of these lugging
90. 2:44operators
91. 2:45now that we have seen how the core
92. 2:47treatment model works in tamil nadu
93. 2:49let us now discuss the potential across
94. 2:50india let us take the example of alhabad
95. 2:53here we can cover a population of 20
96. 2:55lakhs at existing and upcoming sewer
97. 2:56treatment plants
98. 2:57you may be surprised to know that india
99. 2:59generates a whopping 62 000 million
100. 3:01liters of wastewater every day
101. 3:03and around 70 of this is not even
102. 3:05treated so this clearly demonstrates the
103. 3:07potential of co-treatment at the
104. 3:08national level
105. 3:09sewage treatment plants across india are
106. 3:11not fully utilized around 30
107. 3:13of their capacity is available by
108. 3:15utilizing existing sewage treatment
109. 3:16plants
110. 3:17core treatment can help bridge the gap
111. 3:18and take us one step
112. 3:20closer to a cleaner greener and
113. 3:22healthier india
114. 3:23co-treatment offers a range of benefits
115. 3:26using existing facilities it gives us a
116. 3:28quick and cost effective solution to
117. 3:29treat human waste
118. 3:31this helps us improve public health and
119. 3:32protect the environment
120. 3:34so clearly core treatment is a win-win
121. 3:37for everybody