WASA implementing sewerage system in Ctg

CHATTOGRAM, July 19: The Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is implementing the sewerage- system project to solve the sewage-disposal problems in the port city.
The sewerage treatment plant will be set up on 165 acres of land in Halishahar area of Chattogram. The work of the project was started last year and will be completed in 2026.
According to sources, earlier, the ECNEC meeting approved the project of Tk 38.08 billion for Chattogram WASA. Of the total cost, the government will provide Tk 37.58 billion while the rest of Tk 500 million will be provided by the CWASA.
After completion of the project, there will be no need for septic tanks in any building in the city as all household septic dirt will directly go to the sewerage treatment plant instead of the Karnaphuli River.
The entire project is being implemented in phases dividing the city into six zones. A total of six Catchment plants will be installed in six zones.
Meanwhile, Chattogram WASA has already started the construction work of the Catchment Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)-1 project in several areas of the city. The WASA management started the work over 163 acres of land in Halishahar area. Under the projects, a total of 200 km long pipelines will be installed.
Since its inception in 1963, the CWASA did not take measures to solve the sewage problem. But the present Awami League government took the initiative for the port city.
Managing Director of Chattogram WASA Engineer A K M Fazlullah said to The Financial Express that construction of Catchment-1 is continuing now and will be fully completed by 2026.
"The new connections will benefit over 20 lakh residents. The contracts were given to Tayung Engineering of South Korea and Power China and China Civil Engineering of China in January 2022," he said.
He also said, "Under phase-1, a total of 3,620 manholes with chambers would be built by realigning 3.31 km of existing facilities with 15 sewage pump stations, service lines, house connections, dry weather flow interceptors, 100 sewage treatment plants."
He said, "Feasibility studies of catchment-2, 3, and 4 are being done by a South Korean firm and a Japanese company."
He said that the sewage treatment project has been implemented in phases dividing the city into six zones. And six catchment plants will be installed in six zones, Catchment-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

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