BORDA

BORDA
DEWATS FOR
MAHARASHTRA AROGYA MANDAL (MAM)
Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra

Project background
The Indian Maharashtra Arogya Mandal operates different social facilities like
hospitals, education centres and hostels in Pune. The water supply in this place is
mainly operated with trucks and private wells or public water taps. The project site is
located in a region where there is high demand for irrigation water .
Kind of Project: DEWATS for Hospital domestic wastewater
Implementing Agency:

Maharashtra Arogya Mandal

Funding Agency:

Arbeiter Wohlfahrt Organisation (AWO)

Salient Features
Source

: Toilets, bathrooms,
urinals, kitchens, laundry
: 35 m3/d
: 300 OPD + 150 Staff
: 8h
: BOD 304 - COD 689l
: N/A

Design capacity
No of users
Peak flow
Influent quality
Effluent quality

Supporting Organisation: BORDA

Construction Started:

December 2004

Construction Cost:

Rs. 22.65 lakhs

Purpose
Compliance with State Pollution Control Board standards.
To meet the huge demand of water for horticulture and gardening.

System in brief

The wastewater from different sources is collected in decentralised septic tanks and
the effluent from all the septic tanks is then collected in a common register near the
treatment system, which consists of the following modules : Settler, Baffled reactor,
Planted gravel filter and Collection tank.
1. Settler is a sedimentation tank for retaining particles by settling over a specific time
frame.

Modules adopted
Settler
Volume
Area of construction
Baffle reactor
Volume
Area of construction
No. of chambers
Planted gravel filter
Volume
Area of construction
Filter material used
Plants used

2. Baffle reactor (42 chambers) ensures anaerobic degradation of suspended and

Collection tank
dissolved solids by mixing fresh wastewater with an active sludge blanket.

: 13 m3
: 10 m2
: 129 m3
: 94 m2
: N/A
:
:
:
:

82 m3
161 m2
Gravel
Reed juncas,
Colacasia, Canas
indica, Papyrus

Volume
: 2 m3
Area of construction : 19 m2

3. Three numbers of Planted gravel filter is used in series which is a tertiary treatment
unit where aerobic and facultative degradation of dissolved organic and pathogen
Built up area
removal occurs.

: ~336 m2

Project no - 611149

Update 05/01/2009

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Typical drawing

Settler

Baffled Reactor

Planted Gravel Filter

Operation and maintenance

The wastewater treatment plant is operated and maintained by the administration department of the hospital. A regular
schedule is followed for maintenance, like periodical check of sewer line systems, removal of sludge in settler and in baffle
reactor. In the planted gravel filter regular harvesting of plants is done and the filter media is washed once in five year.
Cost incurred for operation and maintenance per annum approximately Rupees 10,000/-

Reuse options
Reuse of treated water for gardening and horticulture.
Sludge can be transformed into good manure through composting.

Monitoring results
Data not available.

* Final effluent quality

500
400

mg/l

COD BOD TSS

E. coli
mg/l mg/l mg/l CFU/100ml
Date of Sampling: N/A
Outle t to dra in*
Date of Sampling: Not availab le
Inle t to pla nt
Inle t AF
Inle t PGF
Outle t to dra in*

600

Sample points

300
200
100
0
Inlet to plant

Inlet AF

Inlet PGF

Outlet to drain*

Project photos

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