Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board plans to sell sewerage treatment plants sludge

HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has come up with a plan to sell the sludge generated at the sewerage treatment plants (STPs).
The Water Board has three STPs in the city, namely Nallacheruvu (30 million liters a day capacity), Nagole (172 MLD) and Amberpet (339MLD).
From these three STPs, on an average, 200 tonnes of sludge is generated every day.Currently, the sludge generated is being used for land fills.
A few days ago, city-based environmentalist P C Reddy met the Water Board officials and gave a presentation on the concept of 'Wealth from Waste'. He explained about the benefits using as manure for farming as well as gardening.
"We were impressed by Reddy's presentation. However, the decision regarding selling sludge will be taken after discussions with other environmentalists and municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department officials," HMWS&SB director-projects M Satyanarayana told STOI.