BWSSB to convert sewage sludge into biogas

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) volition beryllium implementing a biogas upgrading project to convert sewage sludge into Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG), with an estimated additional revenue imaginable of astir ₹120 crore implicit the adjacent 20 years, according to a release.

BWSSB Chairman Ram Prasath Manohar said that the task would screen 5 large sewage attraction plants (STPs) successful the city and was projected to beryllium utilized either for injection into the City Gas Distribution Network oregon arsenic a cleaner transport fuel, the merchandise stated. “At present, astir of the STPs usage biogas for in-situ energy generation, portion 1 facility reportedly flares the gas,” helium added.