Times News NetworkKanpur: The 40 million litres per day (MLD) Tertiary Treatment Plant (TTP) at Bingawan is playing a key role in water conservation by supplying highly treated waste water to the Panki Thermal Power Plant for use in its cooling towers, significantly reducing the plant’s dependence on fresh water.District magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh inspected the Rs 249.92-crore project on Saturday and reviewed its functioning. He said the plant has emerged as a major initiative for waste water reuse and sustainable water management in Uttar Pradesh.He said the sewage receiving secondary treatment at the 210 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Bingawan is further processed at the tertiary treatment facility using advanced Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Ultrafiltration (UF) membrane technologies. The treatment enhances the water quality to a level close to potable standards.Around 40 MLD of the treated water is supplied every day to the Panki Thermal Power Plant through an 18-km-long, 600-mm diameter pipeline. The high-quality water is used in the plant’s cooling towers and boilers, where superior water quality is essential to prevent scaling and corrosion, improve operational efficiency, and reduce maintenance costs.The project has transformed treated sewage, which was earlier discharged into rivers, into a valuable resource for industrial use. As a result, fresh water that would otherwise have been consumed by the thermal power plant is now available for irrigation, benefiting farmers, the DM said. The reuse of treated waste water has also reduced the discharge of sewage into rivers, contributing to pollution control and environmental protection.Singh said the project has been developed in accordance with the provisions of the Tariff Policy-2016, which encourages the use of treated sewage by thermal power plants located within a 50-km radius of a sewage treatment plant.Describing it as a landmark initiative, Singh said the Bingawan facility is the first tertiary treatment plant in Uttar Pradesh based on RO and UF membrane technology. He noted that the project is emerging as a model for waste water reuse, industrial water management, and water conservation in the state.
