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Capacity
60MGD Water Treatment Plant
 
Service Area
Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area : South Kolkata, South Suburban (Behala) Unit, Garden Reach Unit, Jadavpur Unit (Part)
Municipal Areas : Budge Budge, Maheshtala, Pujali
Unlimited Coverage : 183 Sq. Km.
 
Population to be Served
15 Lakh in 2001 26 Lakh in 2003 30 Lakh in 2015
 
Cost Incurred
Rs. 60 Crores
 
Time Elapsed
4 Years 6 Months (December 1996 - June 2001)
 
..:: Project at a glance ::..
 
Intake Jetty
Cost
Rs. 7.5 Crore
 
Maximum pile depth
47m
 
Jetty Size
50 m (across the river) x 25 m (along the river) resting on 13 nos. 1200 mm dia and 12 nos. 1000 mm dia piles
 
Suction Main
3 nos. 1600 mm dia 106 m long each. Level of bell mouth : minus 4.67 m GTS (compared to lowest low water level of minus 2.22 m GTS.)
 
 
Raw Water Pump House
within CESC Southern Generating Station compound for providing potential energy to enable raw water to reach the treatment plant through the rising main
 
Cost
Rs. 7.3 Crore
 
Pump House
Length 24.3 m; Width 17.0 m; Height 19.6 m (10.7 m below ground and 8.9 m above ground)
 
Pumping Machinery
3 working + 2 standby pumps :
5 nos. Radial Flow type. Pumping head 27 m (water column). Pumping rate 5210 cum/hr each
Motors : 5 nos 500 KW each
 
 
Rising Main
for conveyance of raw water from Raw Water Pump House to Water Treatment Plant
 
Cost
Rs. 13.5 Crore
 
Pipe Material
Glass Fibre reinforced Plastic
 
Pipe Dia
1600 mm
 
Length
3.6 km
 
 
Water Treatment Plant
Production capacity : 12000 cum/hr (60 million gallon per day)
 
Cost
Rs. 19 Crore
 
Flash Mixers
for mixing coagulants and disinfectants with raw water
4 nos.
Size 3.75 m x 3.75 m x 5.0 m (depth) each
Detention time : 60 seconds;
Agitation : Electrically driven paddles
 
Clariflocculators
for flocculation and sedimentation of particles in suspension 4 nos.;
Size :21.5m dia (flocculation zone), 56.7 m dia (sedimentation zone) each;
Detention time : 30 min + 3 hr Surface loading rate : 35 cum/day/sq.m.
 
Filter beds
for filtration of clarified water 16 nos. Rapid sand gravity type
Size : 1 3 m x 1 1 m each
Media depth : Gravel 525 mm; Sand 625 mm
 
Chlorinators
For two stage disinfection
Pre-chlorination of raw water : @ 60 kg/hr - 2 nos.
Post-chlorination of filtered water : @ 1 2 kg/hr - 3 nos.
 
 
Clear Water Pump House
for providing potential energy to convey potable water from 18 million gallon Clear Water Reservoir to the consumers
 
Cost
Rs. 6.7 Crore
 
Pump House
Length : 34.9 m; Width : 12.7 m; Height 15.57 m (6.22 m below ground and 9.35 m above ground)
 
Pumping Machinery
3 working + 2 standby pumps
Pumps : 5 nos. Axial flow type
Pumping head : 50 m (water column)
Pumping rate : 4000 cum/hr each
Motors : 5 nos. 750 KW each
 
 
 
 
   
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28th Dec, 1996
 
     
     
     
   
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1996-2001