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Visit to RIICO Sewage Treatment Plant, Jaipur
Date: 4th February 2020
Place: RIICO STP, Khatri Nagar, Jaipur
The department of Environmental Science of IIS (Deemed to be University) Jaipur organized a one day educational visit to RIICO Sewage Treatment Plant, Jaipur on 4th February 2020 for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Environmental Science department. 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 21 students along with one faculty member, Mr. Ashish Tambi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental Science, visited the plant. The site Visit was organized with the prior permission of Mr. Bhupesh Saraswat, Jr. Engineer, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), Jaipur.
The RIICO Sewage Treatment Plant was designed for 100 MLD capacity 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. Vinay Narayan Wadgaonkar, Manager (QS), RIICO STP explained the students about the various processes and working of Sewage treatment plant units. 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. The parameters which are regularly checked and monitored in the laboratory includes BOD, COD, ammonia, nitrate nitrogen, coliform count, etc. 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.
