Sewage water treatment plant set up in Borivali society
Borivali conserve upto 50,000 litres of water daily as well as save around Rs 12 lakh annually, previously spent on water tankers
Deciding to set up a sewage water treatment plant (STP) will now help a residential society in Borivali conserve upto 50,000 litres of water daily as well as save around Rs 12 lakh annually, previously spent on water tankers.
Shree Krishna Complex, located on the Western Express Highway, has also modified its pipelines and connected it to the rainwater harvesting system, making sure that during monsoon, only rain water will be supplied for flushing purposes to the toilets.
While it took the management almost two years in convincing its members and getting the project rolling, the 60,000-litre capacity STP is now ready and was inaugurated on Monday. Though the STP costed the society Rs 28 lakh, members claimed that this money would be recovered in just about three years as they would be tanker-free and not to mention the carbon footprints that will be reduced.
“Given the water crisis, it’s a matter of huge concern that the BMC-supplied water is simply flushed down the toilets. We used to spend around Rs 1 Lakh monthly on water tankers during water cuts thus we initiated discussions and finally it was decided to set up a STP and a rainwater harvesting system,” informed Jalaram Patel, Chairman of the Society.