Wetland system to handle excess sewage at Jakkur Lake in Bengaluru

What utilized to enter Jakkur Lake arsenic untreated sewage, turning parts of the h2o black, foul-smelling, and unfit for aquatic life, is present being cleaned done a wetland system, designed to dainty excess wastewater that existing infrastructure cannot handle.

The change was made as the lake, contempt having a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), continued to receive ‘additional’ untreated sewage, particularly through one of the 3 inlets — the bluish inlet. With nary contiguous scope to grow the STP, North Corporation Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar told The Hindu that they person diverted this excess sewage into a wetland that treats the h2o successful stages.