Eco. Env. & Cons. 24 (2) : 2018; pp.

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ISSN 0971–765X

Application of amalgamated SSF & UASB in greywater

treatment – A revolutionary approach
*B. Venkatesana, S. Praveenb and M. Senthil Kumarc

a
Department of Civil Engineering, University VOC College of Engineering, Thoothukudi, T.N., India
Department of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore, India
b, c

(Received 12 January, 2018; accepted 2 March, 2018)

ABSTRACT
Water provides Earth with competence of underneath life. The whole jostle on the water stipulate is very
elevated due to unbalanced urbanization and rapid increase in population. It is extremely tricky to meet
the demand because the existing source is limited. Hence it is high time for us to look on the wastewater
which is nothing but the used water. The wastewater (grey water) which is imminent out as wastes from an
institution which is having a population of 450 students, around 80 percent of the water sent to ground
directly. The water is from the bathrooms and kitchen is sent through small channels to a ditch. The samples
collected from the ditches. The water through various layers of filters and finally through the Up flow
Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB). The flow of wastewater is up to 36 kld, for the emergency purpose. The
pilot plant was designed for the capacity of 25 L and can treat water at rate of 2.25 L per hour. The foremost
intend of this project is to design the treatment plant by using Slow Sand Filters (SSF) and up flow Anaerobic
Sludge Blanket technology for the enhanced technology. By analyzing the characteristics of the wastewater
the adequacy of the design is tested out and the indispensable unit process and maneuvers of the treatment
system are designed.

Key words: Grey water, Slow Sand Filter (SSF), USAP, Sludge blanket

Introduction a rise in waste generation from less than 40,000 met-

Developing countries such as India are undergoing
a substantial migration of their population from ru-
ral to urban centers (Zip et al., 2016). New utilization
patterns and social linkages are emerging. India will
have more than 40 per cent, i.e. over 400 million
people, clustered in cities over the next thirty years
(UN, 1995). Modern urban living brings on the
problem of waste, which increases in quantity, and
changes in composition with each passing day
(Christova et al., 1995). Urbanizations not only delib-
erate waste, but also raise generation rates since ru-
ral consumers consume less than urban ones
(Krishna Nand et al., 1991). India will probably see
ric tons per year to over 125,000 metric tons by the
year 2030. In order to recover the resources from
waste, it is essential to manage the waste using ap-
posite technology. Waste can be wealth, which has
marvelous potential not only for generating liveli-
hoods for the urban poor but can also enrich the
earth through composting and recycling rather than
spreading pollution as has been the case (Baker et al.,
1998). Increasing urban migration and a high density
of population will make waste management a diffi-
cult issue to handle in the near future, if a new para-
digm for approaching it is not created.
It is widely known that water is a finite resource.
Unfortunately, in the developed world we have

*Corresponding author e-mail: sanyastruct@gmail.com