(ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SYSTEM)
SUBMITTED TO: MR. TAIMOOR DURRANI

SUBMITTED BY: A. HASEEB KHILJI1,

AHMED RASOOL2, PALWASHA MUNIR3,

M.WAHAJ4 , SHEES AHMED5 , AWAIS6

SUBJECT: DEWATS WASTE WATER

EMS (GROUP-3)

DEPARTMENT: E.V.S 8thSEMESTER

DATE: 10/05/2023

…BUITEMS QUETTA…

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 An Environmental Management system of BUITEMS
Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System

INTRODUCTION:

DEWATS is a technical approach to decentralized wastewater treatment in developing

communities. The passive design uses physical and biological treatment mechanisms such
as sedimentation, floatation, aerobic and anaerobic treatment to treat both domestic and
industrial wastewater sources. DEWATS is designed to be affordable, low maintenance,
use local materials, and meet environmental laws and regulations. DEWATS has service
packages available for the sanitation needs of small and medium-sized enterprises including
communities, schools, municipalities, agro-industry, emergency settlements, hospitals,
hotels, and prisons.

On March 24, 2021, H.E. Holger Ziegeler, Consul General of Germany along with Mr. Haji
Noor Muhammad Dumar, Minister Public Health Engineering, inaugurated the DEWATS
Project at Takatu Campus BUITEMS. Pro Vice Chancellor BUITEMS, Dr. Faisal Ahmad
Khan, was the host, and Dr. Shafeeq ur Rehman, Vice Chancellor UoB, Mr. Nadir Gul
Barech, CEO BRSP, Mr. Saleh Nasir, Secretary PHED and Mr. Muhammad Hashim,
Senior Technical Advisor, (GIZ) were also present at the ceremony. Moreover, the
Registrar, Deans, Directors, and other Faculty members met the guests and held a
discussion on the subject of water treatment and the efforts of researchers at BUITEMS
were highlighted regarding addressing this issue at different levels.

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BUITEMS constructed a Decentralized Waste Water Treatment System (DEWATS) at the
Takatu campus with the financial assistance of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), technical supervision of Bremen Overseas Research &
Development Association (BORDA) Germany and operational supervision of Balochistan
Rural Support Program (BRSP).

Subsequently, a technical team lead by Prof. Dr. M. Naeem Shahwani keenly supervised
and studied the whole process; and by the virtue of technical training organized by BORDA
Germany built a scale-pup subject facility by replicating it in different offices and
residential colonies of Quetta city. Furthermore, a complete curriculum is also developed
on DEWATS, which will be included and taught at the graduate and postgraduate levels in
the departments of Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Sciences
at BUITEMS.

TOP MANAGEMENT

1. Environmental Policy:
Top Management gave no such details on the matter however it should be like this:

 To guide national and local policy-makers and experts in enabling pro-poor policies,
strategies, legal, institutional, social, environmental and financial frameworks for
sustainable sanitation services;
 To advocate DEWATS to accelerate sustainable sanitation services in urban areas
and secondary towns,
 To suggest solutions and options for reforms aimed at sustainable delivery of
sanitation services towards the achievement of the country’s Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) for sanitation,
 To contribute to the post-2015 development agenda and SDG6 on Water and
Sanitation.
 Learning from past DEWATS experiences and assessing ways to scale up
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  Ensuring sustainability of service delivery through inclusive and Pro-Poor Public-
Private Partnerships for Sustainable Sanitation Services (5P for 3S), resource
recovery and enabling a sanitation value chain with capacity building of supply
chain interveners;
 Creating demand, including from the poor, for sustainable sanitation services
facilitating the integration of DEWATS into centralised systems;
 Strengthening the capacities of all interveners and enabling the creation of regional
platforms for dialogue, knowledge management, and innovation among the three
countries.

Identifying Environmental Aspects:

 The waste water generated can be spilled due to leaks or breakage.
 The waste water being transferred from concerned facility can damage the
environment in case of any mishap.
 The waste water kept in septic tanks can emit airborne pathogens arising from the
waste water.
 The waste water not being completely treated or incomplete treatment can lead to
the contamination of land that is being irrigated.
 The waste water not being treated completely can seep down and contaminate
underground water.
 The waste water not being treated as planned can cause adverse effects in plants that
are being grown.
 Birds on insects feeding on the plants can serve as vectors of diseases.

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  The waste water being treated completely can help in irrigation.
 Promote water’s efficient use.
 Decreasing the stress on ground water resources.
 Help fight droughts.
 Improved irrigation system.
 Cost effective solution.
 Increased vegetation.

Legal & Other Requirements:

 Section 11 of PEPA describes that “ No Person shall discharge or emit or allow to
discharge or emission of any effluent or waste or air pollutant or noise in an amount,
concentration or level which is in excess of the National Environmental Quality
Standards.”
 Water Management and Water users’ Associations Ordinance 1981, is an
ordinance to provide for on-form water management, conservation, and optimum
utilization of irrigation water sources and formation of water users’ association in the
Province of the Punjab.
 Land improvement Loans Act 1883 (enforced by Provincial Governments)
provides for loans for improvements of land such as storage, supply or distribution
of water, drainage, reclamation from rivers or other waters etc.
 Easement Act, 1882, Illustrations (f) and (h) of section 7 deals with the pollution of
waters.
 Karachi Join Water Board Ordinance, 1949 and Karachi Joint Water Rules,
1956, prohibits fouling of water supplies, water works, or water tanks.
 Sind Fisheries Ordinance 1951, (enforced by the Provincial Government)
prohibits the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial waste in water.
 The Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Act, 1952, provides that the
Government can declare any area damaged and undertake drainage and sewerage
work.
 The Pakistan Penal Code, 1860, Section 277 of PPC relates to fouling water of
public spring or reservoir & Section 268 of same Code consider water pollution
Nuisance
 The Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, This Act deals with the use and controls for
public purposes the water of all rivers and streams flowing in natural channels and
of all lakes, sub-soil water and other natural collection of still water. Section 70 of
CDA levy fine and three months imprisonment for corrupting and fouling the water
of any canal so as to render it less fit for the purpose for which it is ordinarily
used. According to Section 73 of the same Code it is an offence to willfully
damage or Obstruct any canal or drainage or interference the supply and flow.
 Other Requirements:
 Integrated water resource management
 Integrated water resource provision and a water treatment system
 Optimizing water infrastructure
 Promoting an environment-friendly water cycle system

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Objectives and Targets:
 Distributed wastewater management system Has 3 main objectives:
 Public health improvement
 Energy and water conservation
 Environmental protection
 Reuse and recycling Minimize freshwater demand and reduce wastewater treatment needs.
 SDG targeted: Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
 3S in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
 Target regions: This is a considered and implemented solution in developing
countries including: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cuba, Ecuador,
Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Mali,
Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Viet
Nam, Zambia
 Target users: Users seeking improved waste disposal, users with no sewer network
or municipal treatment plant, users seeking passive wastewater treatment made from
local materials.