Over the last 60 years, Bangalore has witnessed a huge growth in its ever growing population. The city was home to over 778,977 people in 1951 is currently home to over 11.5 million people in 2016. Rapid Industrialization and urban development in the city has led to a tremendous growth in its population.
This has also meant that the water use has increased and so is the quantum of wastewater produce. The statutory organization Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) was set up in 1964 under the BWSSB Act whose core functions & responsibilities include
Among other practices followed to treat wastewater, BWSSB has a network of centralized treatment system, where ‘Blackwater’ (water coming out of the toilets) is transported to Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) with the help of sewer lines. The city has 14 such facilities to treat wastewater using different technology and several more are proposed to augment the treatment capacity. According to the BWSSB estimates, the quantum of the sewage generated was 985 MLD in the year 2011, which would increase to 1320 MLD by the year 2021.
|
Sl no
|
Location
|
Capacity
in MLD |
Treatment
Facility |
|
1
|
Vrishabhavathi
Valley |
180
|
Secondary
–Trickling filters |
|
2
|
K &
C Valley I |
248
|
Secondary:
Activated sludge process |
|
3
|
Hebbal
Valley |
60
|
Secondary:
Activated sludge process |
|
4
|
Madivala
|
4
|
Secondary:
UASB + oxidation ponds+ constructed wetlands |
|
5
|
Kempambudhi
|
1
|
Secondary:
extended Aeration |
|
6
|
Yelahanka
|
10
|
Activated
sludge process + filtration+ chlorination (Tertiary) |
|
7
|
Mylasandra
|
75
|
Secondary
–Extended aeration |
|
8
|
Nagasandra
|
20
|
Secondary
-Extended aeration |
|
9
|
Jakkur
|
10
|
Secondary
–UASB +Extended aeration |
|
10
|
K. R.
Puram |
20
|
Secondary
–UASB +Extended aeration |
|
11
|
Kadabeesanahalli
|
50
|
Secondary-Extended
aeration |
|
12
|
Rajacanal
|
40
|
Secondary-Extended
aeration |
|
13
|
Cubbon
Park |
1.5
|
Membrane
|
|
14
|
Lalbagh
|
1.5
|
Extended
Aeration + Plate Settlers + UV disinfection |
|
|
Total
Existing Treatment Capacity |
721
|
|
List of the Existing Sewage Treatment Plants in Bangalore with their respective capacity.
Did you know which is the nearest STP from your location? You can know it with the help of a click.
I have marked the following STPs on a map, which would help you locate the nearest STP. You can click on the link below to see the map.
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It was easy to locate some STPs with the exact coordinates, but there are a few others which are marked based on the name of region. Therefore, if you have the exact coordinates for some STPs, then kindly share with us. This will help us to improve the details on the map.
Apart from this, what are other layer of information you want us to highlight in the map? Do let us know.
References
http://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/bangalore-population.html
V.C Kumar, Potential of STP’s in Bangalore, Executive Engineer, BWSSB
http://www.indiaonlinepages.com/population/bangalore-population.html
V.C Kumar, Potential of STP’s in Bangalore, Executive Engineer, BWSSB
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