New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) The adoption of trendy generation at the Okhla wastewater treatment plant in South Delhi has improved water quality at the site by 82 percent, officials said on Monday.
It also brought biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and suspended solids in general (TSS) to an “all-time low,” the effectiveness of this innovation, they said.
“The Kejriwal government in Delhi is employing clinical and cutting-edge strategies so that its ambitious purpose of cleaning up the Yamuna River is achieved in time,” the city’s water branch said in a statement.
The Delhi government also took the exclusive initiative to treat the city’s wastewater with the use of chemicals at the 16 MGD wastewater treatment plant (STP) in Okhla, which subsequently improved water quality by 82 percent, he said.
The USP of this innovation is that it treats the most successful wastewater at the Okhla wastewater treatment plant, the officials said.
“Delhi Jal Council and third party audit reports show positive effects on treated tea water at Okhla 16 MGD STP. BOD increased from 23 to 4 and TSS from 38 to 7,” said Delhi Water Minister. Delhi, Satyendar Jain, in the statement.
“To be successful at this point of BOD and TSS, previously, the STP had to be updated and the government had to spend between 30 and 40 million rupees for it. With the last intervention, not only was the charge significantly minimized, but also stored time. The wastewater remedy approach at Okhla STP has been replaced so that the water can be treated to the newest standards,” he said.
The Kejriwal government has worked diligently to protect the natural environment and make the entire procedure cost-effective, timely and environmentally friendly, he said.
The strategy is operational at the Okhla wastewater treatment plant and based on the end result, the Delhi Jal Board will soon reflect it in all Delhi STPs, they said.
On Sunday, it said Delhi had a plan to exchange 140 million gallons per day (MGD) of treated wastewater for new water from Uttar Pradesh.
“Uttar Pradesh said it could only contribute 270 cusecs of water from the Ganges regulator, Murad Nagar, and Delhi had promised to release an equivalent amount of treated wastewater to UP of Okhla for irrigation purposes.
“After meetings and inspections on the ground, Uttar Pradesh wrote to us about six months ago that the concept had been abandoned,” an official said on condition of anonymity.
Jain said on Monday that the Delhi government aims to plug the Yamuna River within the next 3 years. To this end, the government intends to connect one hundred percent of families to fully functional sewer connections. has brought this new innovation, which will improve the quality of the water falling into the Yamuna River from the STP.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told the DJB to erase the Yamuna until February 2025. Just as the Delhi government revolutionized governance with its innovative paintings in the physical education and education sectors during its previous term, the government recently focused on erasing the Yamuna, he said. PTI KND SMN SMN
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