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To reduce wastage of water and improve efficiency in water utilization, the Southern Railways has constructed a water recycling plant at Kochuveli railway station. The plant will be functional by the end of this month.
The water recycling plant has a capacity to treat around 1.4 lakh litres of water per day. The plant was constructed to meet the water demand and prevent water supply shortage at the railway station. The station will use treated water for washing coaches and for other cleaning activities.
As per railway policy, water efficient systems and water recycling plants are to be setup on railway land to improve water use efficiency by effective demand and supply management.
Ajay Kaushik, station director, Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station said, “Works of the plant has been completed. Now, water quality test is in progress. The water treatment plant will be commissioned by the end of this month”.
KWA connection is the water source at Kochuveli station. The water used for coach cleaning and maintenance work is let out through to the sewage lines. With the launch of the new plant, the water used for cleaning the coaches will be treated at the plant and will be used again for cleaning purposes.
The used water will be collected in large pits constructed at the station and a connection is given to the recycling plant. A ground-level reservoir with 1-lakh-litre capacity will store the treated water. From the reservoir, the water will be pumped to an overhead tank of 90,000-litre capacity and used for coach cleaning and maintenance work.
Kochuveli station is among the major coach maintenance centres of Thiruvananthapuram division and the water supply demand at the station is around 3.5 lakh litres.
Another proposal to construct a water treatment plant at Thiruvananthapuram Central station is under consideration. |
