WORLD BANK(WSP) SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL STUDYTOUR TO MALAYSIA ON BEST PRACTICES IN SEPTAGEMANGEMENT -14TH TO 21ST DECEMBER 2013

PLAN FOR SEPTAGE MANAGEMEN IN AGARTALA CITY AND OTHER TOWNS OF TRIPURA

BYDR MILIND RAMTEKE IASDR MILIND RAMTEKE IAS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AGARTALA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

WSP DELEGATION TO MALAYSIA

• 25 Delegates consisting of19 from India, five from,Bangladesh and one fromPakistan

I di D l ti F• Indian Delegation‐ Fourfrom Tripura includinghon’ble Chairperson AMC,CEO AMC, JE Kamalpur NPand JE Bishalgarh NP, Fourfrom Kerala, Four fromfrom Kerala, Four fromMadhya Pradesh, Five fromGovernment of India, Twofrom World Bank Officefrom World Bank OfficeNew Delhi

TRAINING AT KUALA‐ LUMPUR(MALAYSIA)TRAINING AT KUALA LUMPUR(MALAYSIA)

• Training conducted at Indah Water Konsortium( IWK) Training Center Bukit Jalil Kuala‐Lumpur Malaysia

• Indah Water Konsortium‐ A company affiliated by Government of Malaysia

BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT MALAYSIA

• Name: Malaysia

• Year of Independence from British: 1957

• Political status: Democratic Monarchy

• Religion: Islamg

• Currency: Ringgit (RM)

• Rate: 1 US$= 3.07 RM

• Population: 283 34million• Population: 283.34million

• State: 14

• GDP: $ 340.002 Billion

• Main Industries: Petroleum Products, Rubber, Palm Oil, Tourism

• Almost 90‐95% developed

SANITATION FIGURES of MALAYSIA

• Sanitation and Safe Drinking water access to 95 % population even in remote areas95 % population even in remote areas

• Target‐ to provide 100 % sanitation by 2020

• Sanitation is dealt by Federal Government

• Sewage/Septage Management is done by g / p g g yIndah Water Konsortium( IWK) since 1994 which is affiliated by the Governmenty

• IWK operates around 5960 small, medium and large Sewage/Septage treatment plantsand large Sewage/Septage treatment plants across the country

I di ’ N i l U b S i i P li (NUSP) d fi• India’s National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP) definessanitation as “safe management of human excreta, including itssafe confinement, treatment and disposal and associatedhygiene‐related practices.” NUSP has accorded high importanceto plan and implement actions for the organized and safemanagement of fecal matter from on‐site installations thatmanagement of fecal matter from on site installations thathitherto have received limited attention

• Septage( Sludge from Septic Tanks) is the liquid and solidmaterial that is pumped from a septic tank, cess‐pool, or othertreatment facility after it has accumulated over a period of time.The Septage has an offensive odour and appearance and is a hostThe Septage has an offensive odour and appearance and is a hostfor many disease causing organisms and is major cause ofpollution of water bodies and environment

SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT IN MALAYSIA• Septage is mechanically collected by Suction Tankers( Cess‐Septage is mechanically collected by Suction Tankers( Cess

Pools) following all Standard Operating Procedures andtransported to some Septage/Sewage Treatment Plant andl d d t t d ft t t t Sl d isludge and pure water generated after treatment. Sludge is

used as non food crop manure

SEPTAGE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES BEING USED IN MALAYSIAMALAYSIA

N• Non Mechanized: TrenchinTrenching System, Drying beds(beds( open/covered), Geobags sludgeGeobags, sludge lagoons etc

SEPTAGE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES BEING USED IN MALAYSIAMALAYSIA

• Semi Mechanized: Belt press, mobile dewatering, centrifugecentrifuge decanter

• Mechanized: C li dCentralized Sludge/Sewerage Treatment Facility

STRATEGIES FOLLOWED IN MALAYSIA FOR SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT

• Regular clearing of Septic Tanks on rotational basis once in twoyears using Standard Operating Procedures, transportation andtreatment in some sort of Septage/Sewerage Treatment plantstreatment in some sort of Septage/Sewerage Treatment plants.

• Charge of RM( Ringgit) 6‐8 i.e. INR 120‐160 per month perhousehold for Septage/Sewerage Management i.e. Rs(INR)1440‐1920/year per family.

• IWK uses many modern means of Information Technology such asE Mails SMS Television adds etc for information to the CitizensE Mails, SMS, Television adds etc for information to the Citizens.

• Soft database of all households and the type of septic tank alongwith other details such as location addresses has been created byIWK and MIS is automatically generated by the software systemsso as to manage visits to households for regular clearance ofseptic tanks and also to monitor tax complianceseptic tanks and also to monitor tax compliance.

STRATEGIES FOLLOWED IN MALAYSIA FOR SEPTAGE MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

• IWK relies more on persuasion and IEC activities rather thanlegal remedies for compliance from the citizens.g p

• The sludge generated from Septage treatment is used forvarious purposes as Manure for non food crops such as Rubber,fl i lt l d filli b i k ki tfloriculture, land filling, eco‐brick making etc.

• Quality checks of underground water, modern laboratoryfacilities for various testing in connection with the scientificgseptage management

• Periodic trainings/workshops, capacity building programmesf thifor this purpose.

• Advice and Guidance to various developing nations and firms

BRIEF INFORMATION REGARDING SANITATION AGARTALA CITYAGARTALA CITY

• Population: 398000(2011 Census)• Total number of families as per the• Total number of families as per the

Register of Ordinary Residence under AMC: 114000

• Household No across Agartala City 90000• Household No. across Agartala City‐90000• Septic tank Number‐ 70000(tentative)• Dry Latrines/Un‐Sanitary latrines‐ 20000• Daily generation of septage (Human

Excreta): 125000‐150000 kg• No any scientific septage/sewage

f ilitreatment facility at present• Septage is flown generally into storm

water drains leading to massive pollution f i d t b di &of rivers and water bodies &

international water

Extent of pollution of Haora river as per the Report of th T i St t P ll ti C t l B d 2011the Tripura State Pollution Control Board 2011

SN Parameters Standard Point of origin Near Near Value of Haora River Chandrapur

AgartalaBangladesh border

1 BOD(mg/l) 3 1.9 3.5 8.6( BiochemicalOxygenDemand))

2 COD(Mg/l)(ChemicalOxygen

6 8 22 39

OxygenDemand)

11 Total Coli form(MPN/100 l)

500 110 540 1800(MPN/100 ml)

2000

Coliform Count of Haora River(Standard : 500 MPN/100ml)

10

BOD level of Haora River ( standard count‐ 3 mg/l)

1800

1400

1600

1800

8.6

7

8

9

1000

1200

1400

5

6

7

540400

600

800

3.5

2

3

4

1100

200

Point of origin of Near Chandrapur Near Bangladesh

1.9

0

1

Point of origin of H Ri

Near Chandrapur Near Bangladesh b d Haora River borderHaora River border

Main reasons of pollution of Haora river and other water bodies of Agartala City:g y

• Practice of manual cleaning of septic tanks andthrowing of the septage thus collected into the stormwater drainage which ultimately flows to Haora andother water bodies of the city.

• Lack of soak-pit In most of the households there is no• Lack of soak-pit In most of the households there is nosoak pit attached to the septic tank for soaking theoverflow of septic tank. The overflow is directly put intoh d i hi h l i l flthe storm water drainage which ultimately flows to

Haora and other water bodies of the city. As per theTripura Building Rule 2004 soak pit is mandatory forp g p yall the septic tanks.

• Large number of kaccha latrines. There are about20000 kaccha latrines in the city Most of these20000 kaccha latrines in the city. Most of theselatrines are directly connected with the storm waterdrainage or some water channels or river.

Septage Management under AMC at PresentSeptage Management under AMC at Present

Manual practice ofManual practice ofcleaning septic tanksis in vogue Septageis in vogue. Septagethus collected is flowninto storm waterinto storm waterdrain causingpollution of rivers andpollution of rivers andwater-bodies.

Mechanical Cleaning by AMC

• Mechanical:AMC operatesAMC operatestwo no of cess-pool machinespool machinesat present. Lastyear AMC gotyear AMC gotonly 940 cess-pool orderspool orders.

Difficulties faced by AMC at present for Septage management

• Only two functioning cess -pools which can cater only 6-8 ordersper day. Lack of ability of AMC to cater entire orders andpendency problempendency problem.

• No access too narrow lanes and gullies as the cess pool can notenter due to big size.Hi h dit t i f l d b idi d t• High expenditure per trip of cess pool and subsidized rate

• No scientific disposal of septage at present• People do not follow practice of construction of soak pit along

h k h h dwith septic tank though it is mandatory as per TBR-2004,overflow pipe of septic tank is put into storm water drainageleading to pollution of water bodies of city and internationalwaterwater.

• Relatively large number of kaccha latrines: As per ILCS surveythere are about 18790 kaccha/un sanitary latrines. As per TheTripura Pollution Control Board Survey 1145 latrines along theTripura Pollution Control Board Survey 1145 latrines along theHaora river have direct connection into the river

•

Action Plan of Agartala Municipal Council for g pScientific Septage Management

• Sewerage Scheme Under North Zone• Plan for Mechanical Septage Collection and • Plan for Mechanical Septage Collection and

treatment of septage• Use of high power De-Silting Machines for Use of high power De Silting Machines for

mechanical drain clearance• Integrated Low Cost sanitation (ILCS) Integrated Low Cost sanitation (ILCS)

Scheme implementation under AMC

Sewerage Scheme under AMC g• Rs 102.21 Crore Scheme under progress

JNNURM for North Zone of AgartalagMunicipal Council –to be operational byMarch 2014. Almost 70 % work completed.95 km sewer line network covering entire95 km sewer line network covering entireNorth Zone of AMC, 3500 manholes, 9pumping stations, 11 lifting stations, oneS T Pl i h 8 illi liSewerage Treatment Plant with 8 million literper day sewerage processing capacity. Thecomponents are-p

1. Sewerage House Connections and pipelines2. Sewage Pumping Stations3. Sewage Treatment and Disposal Facilities

Photographs of Sewerage Scheme(JNNURM)Scheme(JNNURM)

8 MLD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (STP)8 MLD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (STP)

• 8 Million Liters Per Day( MLD) CapacityCapacity

• In Ward No 2 of AMC

• Almost readyAlmost ready

• To be handed over by NBCC to AMC and operational by

hMarch 2014

• To be operated ny NBCC for five yearsfive years

• O & M Cost for AMC‐ Rs. 6000000/year ( Rs. 3 Crores for five years)

Plan for 90-100% Mechanical Septage ll ti d AMCcollection under AMC

• Aim is to clear around 6000 septict k h i ll b Ctanks mechanically per year by Cess-pool Machines ( Suction Tankers) andtreat the septage in Seweragetreat the septage in SewerageTreatment Plant (JnNURM)

• At present two no of cess-poolAt present two no of cess poolmachines are operating. Two split typecess-pools and two conventional cessppools to be procured by the endJanuary 2014 so as to cater daily 25-30 d30 orders.

Treatment of septage/sewage in STPSTP

• The STP plant is enough for the treatment of all theseptage from about 25-30 Septic tanks daily alongwith the sewerage load of the entire North Zone.

OTHER NECESSARY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR SUCCESSFUL SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT IN AGAGRTALA

• House to House Survey of septic Tanks

• Preparation of soft database of septic tank information

R t t i f t iff t t f l i t• Restructuring of tariff structure for cess pool services so as to make entire process including the operation and maintenance of proposed STP sustainable.

• Elimination of manual clearing/cleaning of septic tanks under Agartala City

P d i h S M S ff• Proper duty assignment to the Septage Management Staff

• Protective Measures for SWM Staff including Medical Dispensary for SWM staff and development of laboratory facilities for waterfor SWM staff and development of laboratory facilities for water quality testing

• Development of MIS System

• Plan for regular clearance of Septic Tanks once in five years on rotational basis

OTHER NECESSARY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR SUCCESSFUL SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT IN AGARTALA

• Development of software programme with the help of NIC orDIT for online booking and payment of Cess pool services by thecitizens scope for citizen grievance redressal in this sectorcitizens, scope for citizen grievance redressal in this sector

• Provision of cess‐pool services to the nearby areas surroundingAgartala city

• Massive Public Awareness by Print/electronic media‐development of small video clips, school awarenessprogrammes printing attractive leaflets radio programmesprogrammes, printing attractive leaflets, radio programmes,publicity on posters, placards, rallies, bus stops, sulabhs etc,citizen programmes and seminars. Plan for organization of sitevisits for students, citizens, media, Periodic press notes etc

• Misc: Filling of the post of Special Officer SWM( Preferably anEnvironmental Engineer) Development of Standard OperatingEnvironmental Engineer), Development of Standard OperatingPractices for Septage management under Agartala MunicipalCouncil,

Use of two high power De-Silting M hiMachines• De-silting Machines are

being used to de silt all thebeing used to de-silt all themajor drains of Agartala Cityat present

• The Sewage thus collected isat present dumped into thelandfill but subsequentlyq ytreated in the new SewageTreatment Plant of 8 MLDcapacity which will becapacity which will beoperational, under theSewage Scheme underJnNURM under North Zoneof AMC by December 2013.

ILCS Scheme implementation under AMC• 18970 no of Integrated

Low Cost SanitaryL t i b iLatrines are beingconstructed toeliminate all thedry/Kaccha latrinesunder Integrated LowCost Sanitation SchemeCost Sanitation Scheme(ILCS) of Ministry ofHUPA, GoI

• Already 4500 completed• Target to be completed

by 31st March 2014by 31st March 2014.

SEPTAGE MANGEMENT IN OTHER TOWNS OF TRIPURA THINGS REQUIREDTRIPURA‐THINGS REQUIRED

• Procurement of Two Suction Tankers ( Cess‐pools) for each Nagar Panchayat/Municipal Council other than Agartala

• Treatment of Collected Septage: By dry bed technology or trench methodgy

• Procurement of one skid steer loader one for sludge collection from drybedssludge collection from drybeds

• Compulsion for citizens to develop scientific septic tanks while constructing housesseptic tanks while constructing houses

• Total cost for each NP= Rs. 12000000

Proposed method of Septage Management in Small Towns of Tripurain Small Towns of Tripura

Design of Sludge Dry Bed

Sludge Dry Beds are easy to construct, relatively low costscientific method suitable for small towns The lechate isscientific method suitable for small towns. The lechate isfiltered by Sand Filter in the Dry Bed

BENEFITS OF SCIENTIFIC SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT

• Clean and green environment

Si ifi t d ti i th ll ti l l f• Significant reduction in the pollution level of water bodies and rivers

• Prevention of various water born diseases such as diarrhea, Dysentery, cholera, Jaundice, Typhoid, etc saving huge amount of money which would have been spent for treatment of these diseases

• Overall improvement of living standard

THANKSTHANKS