The Hindu 04.10.2010
Corporation to sell treated sewage
Special Correspondent
The treated water cannot be used for drinking purpose
The water is available at Rs.20 for 1,000 litres
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation will sell treated sewage to four private establishments and a State Government undertaking at Rs.20 for 1,000 litres, when its treatment plants begin functioning, after the completion of the Rs. 377-crore underground drainage scheme.
It is being implemented now in eight sewerage scheme zones in the city.
Availability
The Corporation stated that 170 million litres of treated sewage would be obtained from three treatment plants being established at Ukkadam, Nanjundapuram and Ondipudur.
It, however, clarified that the waste water was not for drinking.
It could be used for other purposes, including irrigation.
Proposal
The Corporation advertised its proposal in newspapers and invited interested parties to the plant sites to explain the process of sewage treatment. The parties were explained on how the final product would be fit for use for non-drinking purposes.
After this, the private firms and the Government undertaking offered to buy the treated waste water.
Their offers and the entire proposal were placed in the Corporation Council on Wednesday for its approval.
Rakindo Township at Pachapalayam in Perur had asked for four million litres a day, Sharada Terry Products wanted 10 mld, The Coimbatore Golf Club four mld, Larsen and Toubro at Malumichampatty one mld and Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation two lakh litres.
The Corporation said it proposed to charge Rs.10 for 1,000 litres of treated waste water from the buyers.
Councillors, however, said Rs.10 was too meagre an amount and wanted it to be increased to Rs. 20 for 1,000 litres.
The Corporation said apart from the five establishments, those who wanted to buy the treated water could buy it at Rs.20 for 1,000 litres from the treatment plants or from the four sewage lagoons at Vellalore.
