Presentation on

Pagla Sewage treatment plant

Presented By
Group 01
Md Abdullah: 2326
D M Salah Mahmud : 2155
Mst. Mahmuda Akter Ripa:355
Foysal Mahamud: 1947
Tabassum Rahman: 353
 Pagla Sewage treatment Plant

 The first conventional sewage treatment plant with 4 facultative lagoons

 Rehabilitated in 1992 to treat a capacity of 120,000 m3 /day sewage.

 The plant has 49,000 domestic sewer

connections, 778 km of sewer line of different
diameter, 20 sewer lift stations, 1 central pump
station and 3 truck interceptor sewers.
 Outline of Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant

 Name : Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant

 Location: Pagla, Dhaka city, Dhaka. 8 km away at the
southeast of down town Dhaka City and
approximately 1km north of Buriganga
(23°40'50.71"N and 90°27'13.96"E )
 Site Area : 95.5 hectare (236 Acres)

 Discharge point: Buriganga River

 The treatment plant was designed for a waste water with a BOD
 Wastewater’s physical characteristics

Odor Color

Total Solids
Temperature

Chemical characteristics
Suspended Solids (SS)
Filterablc Solids (FS)
Biochemical oxygen
demand (BOD)

Turbidity

Chemical oxygen
demand
(COD)
Organic matter

total organic carbon (TOC)

 Wastewater characteristics

Inorganic matter Biological Characteristics

pH The microorganism important in biological treatment of

sewage and Waste waters are:
Nitrogen
Phosphorus  Bacteria
Heavy Metals (As, Cd, Pb, Cr)  Fungi
 Algae
 protozoa
 rotifers
 Crustaceans and
 viruses
 Facilities at pagla stp
Facility Dimension No of facility capacity
existing final

Inflow Brick arch 1 1  

Sewer pipe   1
Lift pump Screw pump 3 5  
Grit chamber Horizontal flow type 2 2 Surface load 3600m3/m2 day

Primary sedimentation tank Centrifuge sludger scraper 4 6 Detention: 2.02 hour

Rate: 35.7 m3/m2 day

Facultative lagoon Embanked rectangular pond 42 ha 64 ha Retention day: 7

BOD area load: 343 kg

Discharge pump Horizontal centrifugal pump 7 7  

Disinfection equipment Liquid chlorine 1 1 Max dosing rate: 3 mg/l

Sludge lagoon Embanked rectangle pond 4 4 Solid load : 75 kg/m3 year

 Maintenance
Pagla sewage wastewater treatment plant is operated in 3 shifts.

Proper maintenance is necessary. Otherwise desired benefits can’t be taken from the plan

Proper maintenance of facultative lagoon must be maintained

To kill pathogenic organisms, the water leaving from the plant is

sterilized by liquid chlorine.

Pumps, grit chamber, distribution chamber, primary sedimentation tanks, sludge pump
station, measuring and distribution chamber
Operational system of pagla stp
 Laboratory

A laboratory room with necessary facilities exists in the administrative building of

the Pagla STP to analyze the different parameters to assess the effluent quality.
Samples are taken either once a week (for BOD) or every alternate days (for SS) at :
 Distribution Chamber
 Outlet of Primary Sedimentation Tank
 Outlet of ‘A’ and ‘B’ lagoons.
 Design Flow Rate and Existing Flow Rate of PSTP
Flow Full scale Design (m3 Existing Facility (m3 /day)
/day)

Daily Average 146,000 96,000

Daily Maximum 183,000 120,000

Hourly Maximum 232,000 120,000

 Treatment Performance

BOD5 has high concentration from November-May but the concentration of BOD5
is low from June-October.
 Some flaws and recommendations

The sewage treatment plant at Pagla operates under a flow considerably

lower than the design capacity.

From the recorded data it can be seen that the quality of incoming flow is very strong compared to the
design condition.

The treatment plant serves one-third demand of Dhaka

city

Maintenance cost is so high also laboratory facilities are not adequate.

To improve,
 Some flaws and recommendations

Immediate cleaning of the lagoons

Using the sludge for productive purpose is highly recommended

Industrial discharges its effluent to the city sewerage network, it must comply with the
environmental quality standard of bangladesh.
THANK YOU!