Sewerage System and It's Corrective Measures-We Need Immediate Action

There are three types of sewerage systems :-

• Foul sewers – carry waste water, that is water that has been used for cooking and washing, waste from toilets and from trade premises to our wastewater treatment works;
• Surface water, or Storm sewers – carry rainwater from roofs, paved areas, pavements and roads. Surface water sewers generally flow into streams, rivers or watercourses;
• Combined sewer – this is a single pipe system which carries both wastewater and surface water to our wastewater treatment works. These are often found in older town centre systems. Single pipe systems are no longer designed or constructed.

It is an offence to discharge foul sewage to a sewer designated for surface water or surface water into a sewer designated for foul sewage.

All new sewerage systems should be designed on separate foul and surface water (storm sewers) systems.

Sewage treatment
Sewers carry both domestic and industrial waste water to our wastewater treatment works, where it is treated and safely disposed of in accordance with statutory requirements. After treatment, the cleaned water goes to a nearby watercourse or the sea and must comply with statutory conditions set by the Environment and Heritage Service (EHS).

To ensure that stringent standards are met, EHS regularly monitors and tests the effluent quality. The results of these tests are recorded in a public register.

Sewage sludge is produced as a by-product of the sewage treatment process. This sludge is further treated and disposed off through incineration and landfill, again in accordance with statutory requirements and approval by EHS. We conduct our operations with the aim of avoiding or minimising any problems to the public and the environment. If you believe that any of our activities are causing you a problem, please let us know by calling us on Waterline 0845 744 0088.

Please remember, many items flushed down the toilet contain plastic or other insoluble materials. These are very difficult to deal with . A better environmental option is for you to place them in a bag and then in the bin, rather than flush them away.
The Ghaziabad Municipal Coorporation, Ghaziabad Development Authority and Distt. Administration unitedly with Confederation people should take immediate action and allocate a proper fund for a modern Sewer System in Trans Hindon Area of Sahibabad Vidhasabha.

An experienced and competent agency should be appointed as advisor for such a system. Click the link for such an agency. There may be others also.
http://www.mottmac.in/projects/waterandenvironment/wastewatersystems/

Also read :- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_sewerage_system

We need immediate action and corrective measures with a proper plan are to be implemented very soon.