DJB sets up waste water treatment plant with latest technology

In its effort to provide better sewage treatment facility, Delhi Jal Board has commissioned a waste water treatment plant at Chilla area of East Delhi using latest technology.
DJB officials said the nine million gallon per day capacity plant has been set up using improvised sequential batch reactors technology, considered very latest in treating waste water.
"The plant has been set up using the latest ISBR technology patent for which is still pending," an official said, adding the use of the ISBR technology made it possible to set up the plant in a small area.
The plant has been constructed on a very small area along the Shahdara drain number one on a Design-Build-Operate(DBO) basis.

"It is expected that with the introduction of the ISBR technology the sewage will be treated with better efficiency and more economically. The technology uses both anaerobic and aerobic processes to treat sewage," said the official.
Currently, the plant is undergoing trial runs and is under the process stabilisation phase.
Since the treated effluent will be of good quality, an improvement in the water quality of Yamuna is also expected once the treated sewage is released into it.
With the use of this technology and the resultant energy efficiency of the plant, DJB expects a positive impact on its financial status as well.