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HomeSewage treatment plants – STPs

Sewage treatment plants – STPs

Tanks and pipelines of an STP
Water Supply

How to fix problems with apartment STPs

June 10, 2022 Shreya Nath and B Sneha Singh

Reusing treated wastewater can help reduce freshwater demand. But how to ensure well functioning STPs in apartments that provide quality treated water?

Waste Management

“KSPCB’s steep hike in CFO charges, unreasonable and unjust”

March 25, 2021 Nagesh Aras

The hike in the annual Consent for Operation fee is arbitrary and, worse, could discourage people from treating their sewage. It is especially unfair to law-abiding citizens.

Waste Management

Why KSPCB’s real-time probe for STPs is ridiculous

March 23, 2021 Nagesh Aras

The KSPCB which allows establishment of STPs without stringent checks, is now imposing an expensive and overkill solution whose technology could soon be obsolete.

Tanks and pipelines of an STP
Water Supply

How a Bengaluru apartment fixed its sewage treatment process

February 8, 2021 Tarun Denniz

The STP now produces clean treated water and 80-100 kgs of sludge cake a day, which farmers nearby use as fertiliser.

Water Supply

“Fining apartment owners for faulty sewage treatment plants is unjust”

March 10, 2020 Ananth S Kodavasal

As per environmental jurisprudence, the polluter has to pay. But apartment STPs (sewage treatment plants) are usually set up and approved by five different players. So who’s the real polluter when an STP is defective?

Water Supply

Faulty sewage treatment plant in your apartment? Pollution Control Board may be liable, not you

March 9, 2020 Nagesh Aras

KSPCB has been asking apartments in the city to pay up lakhs as compensation for defective sewage treatment plants. But the Board itself is responsible for approving many plants that had design and fabrication issues.

Water Supply

Why sewage treatment plants in apartments are messed up, and how this can change

March 6, 2020 Nagesh Aras

Apartment STPs (Sewage Treatment Plants) are set up after getting government approvals, yet they malfunction soon and residents keep spending lakhs to correct defects. This scenario can change with some reforms in the STP approval process.

Environment

Why Bellandur lake restoration will fail unless Doddanekkundi lake is cleaned up

December 8, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Crores are spent on rejuvenating lakes in Bengaluru, but they continue to receive sewage. Why does this happen, and what can you do about it?


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