Bharwara Sewage Treatment Plant

The Bharwara Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is located at Bharwara[1] in the Gomti Nagar locality of the city Lucknow in India. Operation of the Sewage Treatment Plant commenced on 15 January 2011. The project cost ₹360 crore (US$43 million).[1][2]

The project was initially report to start function at one-third of its planned capacity in July 2010.[3] The plant has been cited as the largest sewage treatment plant in Asia.[4] In January 2019, the plant began production of solar power for its needs and it was reported that it will sell the excess electricity produced to the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation.[5][6]


Presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been reported at the plant.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Maya gifts Asia's largest sewage plant to Lucknow". The Times of India. Lucknow. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Cycle of change: New STP to clean waste water in a day". The Times of India. 6 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Bharwara sewage treatment plant to function from July". The Indian Express. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), Bharwara Co-treatment of Faecal Sludge". Centre for Science and Environment. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Bharwara STP to be self-sustaining by generation Solar Power". Hindustan Times. Lucknow. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ Lokgariwar, Chicu (20 September 2013). "A tale of two STPs". India Water Portal. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ^ Soni, Kuldeep; Kothamasi, David; Chandra, Ram (February 2024). "Municipal wastewater treatment plant showing a potential reservoir for clinically relevant MDR bacterial strains co-occurrence of ESBL genes and integron-integrase genes". Journal of Environmental Management. 351. Bibcode:2024JEnvM.35119938S. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119938. PMID 38171124. Retrieved 1 July 2024.


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