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Visit to RIICO Sewage Treatment Plant, Jaipur
Date: 28.02.2023
Venue: RIICO STP, Taruchaya Nagar, Jaipur
No. of Participants: 11
Objective of the Event: To acquaint the students with the principle and operation of sewage treatment plant.
Description: On the occasion of National Science Day, the discipline of Environmental Science organized a one-day educational visit to RIICO Sewage Treatment Plant, Jaipur on 28th February 2023 for undergraduate, postgraduate students and research scholars of the Environmental Science discipline. The main purpose of this visit was to enhance the practical and field knowledge of the students, to relate the theoretical concepts with real time problems and solutions, and most importantly to give them the exposure to sewage treatment plant setup. A total of 11 students along with one faculty member, Dr. Ashish Tambi, Assistant Professor, Discipline of Environmental Science, visited the plant. The site Visit was organized with the prior permission of Mr. Bhupesh Saraswat, Executive Engineer, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), Jaipur.
The RIICO Sewage Treatment Plant is a 100 MLD capacity plant based on Sequential Batch Reactor Technology popularly known as SBR Technology discharging its effluent into Dravyawati River, Jaipur. M/S TATA Projects Ltd., SUCG Consortium, manages this sewage treatment plant and the complete operation of the SBR basin/reactor is controlled automatically through PLC system. All key functions are automatically controlled along with data logging. Complete historical records of plant operation are available on SCADA system.
On reaching the site, Mr. Adaikalavan, Manager (QS), RIICO STP provide theoretical explanation to the students about the various unit processes and working of Sewage treatment plant in the control room. Later on, the students were allowed the visit the plant where the manager provided detailed insight onto working operation of grit chamber, screening unit, primary and secondary treatment basin, sludge thickener unit and disinfection unit operations. The students were also taken to the laboratory where the wastewater samples are tested on routine basis to check meet the efficiency of the plant in terms of maintaining the effluent standards for inland waste water discharge set by MOEFCC. Mr. Jitendra, Chemist, RIICO STP laboratory, explained about the various parameters which are regularly checked and monitored in the laboratory including BOD, COD, ammonia, nitrate nitrogen, coliform count, sludge volume index, residual chlorine, etc. At the end, students visited the surveillance room and they were acquainted about the process of automatic functioning and monitoring of the entire STP plant. The visit ended after having an interactive question/answer session with the STP manager who responds to all the queries of the students.
Outcome of the event: The field visit gave an opportunity to the aspiring students to have an insight to real site working mechanism including process of sewage treatment. By this visit students got familiar with industrial environment and get knowledge of different units of waste water treatment plant.
