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As portion of its efforts to overhaul Kochi’s sewerage system, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has signed an statement with the lowest bidder to conception a 27-km sewage pipeline to transportation sewage from prime wards of the city. The pipeline is 1 of 3 components of the project, which besides includes a 5-MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and a 17-km postulation network. The bidder for the STP has besides been selected, and the declaration volition beryllium finalised aft method issues are resolved.
“Preliminary enactment connected the 27-km web volition statesman adjacent week.
A topographical and societal survey volition beryllium conducted, followed by the installation of the pipeline successful August,” said a KWA source.
The full magnitude of the sewerage network, which volition cater to 3 divisions successful the city, is 44 km. The tendering process for the remaining 17 km of the sewage web has besides begun.
“The STP volition beryllium capable to grip the 4.5 MLD of sewage generated successful the 3 divisions. The sewage reaching the STP volition acquisition 3 stages of treatment, on with ultra-filtration, and the treated h2o volition comply with the standards prescribed by the National Green Tribunal and the Pollution Control Board. There are divisions wrong the metropolis corp limits that deficiency due sanitation facilities, and the task volition code those requirements,” the root said.
The projects are being executed nether the AMRUT 2.0 Mission, and the full outgo of the 3 components is ₹185 crore. The 5-MLD STP, on with a co-treatment facility, volition travel up astatine Elamkulam.
“We request to hold for the monsoon to subside earlier starting operation work. This is simply a multidisciplinary enactment that requires coordination among respective authorities departments. The task besides requires an extended societal survey to place apartments and different establishments that request to beryllium connected to the network. We are successful discussions with the civic authorities,” the root said.
