Wastewater Story

Sanitation means to public health conditions such as drinking clean water, sewage treatment, etc. All the effective actions that help in keeping the environment clean come under sanitation. Every citizen has a responsibility to play in keeping the domestic as well as surrounding clean. Maintain the clean of our surroundings. Manage The domestic sewage system …

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Sanitation and disease :- A lots of diseases are caused due to bad sanitation and contaminated drinking water .Bad sanitation help to the growth of harmful microbes, flies and mosquitoes which are the source of spreading many diseases like cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, and dysentery etc.

Chlorine and DDT are the major disinfectants water .

By-products of wastewater treatment are sludge and biogas.

Wastewater is generated in homes, industries, agricultural fields and in other human activities. This is called sewage.

Used water is wastewater. Wastewater could be reused.

A design of a toilet in which humans excreta is treated by earthworms has been tested in India. It has been found to be a novel, low water-use toilet for safe processing of human waste. The operation of the toilet is very simple and hygienic. The human excreta is completely converted to vermi cakes — …

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In the year 2016, the Government of India has initiated a new mission known as “Swachh Bharat” under which a lot of drives such as proper sewage disposal and providing toilets for everyone have been started .

1) Cooking oil and fats should not be thrown down the drain. They can harden and block the pipes. In an open drain the fats clog the soil pores reducing its effectiveness in filtering water. Throw oil and fats in the dustbin. 2)Chemicals like paints, solvents, insecticides, motor oil, medicines may kill microbes that help …

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Sludge is a semi-solid slurry can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, waste water treatment.