Bengaluru: Minister for Bengaluru Development and Town Planning K.J. George laid the foundation stone for a natural biological system recycling unit at Hessarghatta on Wednesday. The recycling system will treat water from Hessarghatta lake going into the T.G. Halli reservoir.
George said the recycling system would treat 12 MLD water which would be used for the city’s needs. At present, the BWSSB’s water supply capacity is 1,400 MLD.
The project, which is being taken up at a cost of Rs. 11.49 crore — of which Rs. 9.93 crore has been given by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board — is expected to start functioning in the next eight months. The recycling system will be situated between Hessarghatta lake and the reservoir.
Developed under the guidance of Israel-based company Ayala Water and Ecology, the Natural Biological System is based on the concept of phytoremediation where plants are used as a natural filter for cleaning water. It will contain a stretch of wetland on either side of the system.
George also laid the foundation stone for underground drainage network in Hessarghatta village. The project has been approved at a cost of Rs. 23.45 crore and is estimated to be completed in two years. Congress MP M. Veerappa Moily, who was present, said the network would be useful to six villages around Hessarghatta.
A sewage treatment plant (STP) is also being planned at Hessarghatta. The government has called for tenders for the proposed 3 MLD STP.
