Operate sewage treatment plants or face water supply disconnection, PCMC warns 41 housing societies
A survey of over 300 housing societies had shown that the sewage treatment plant was shut in 41 of them. The water shortage in Pimpri-Chinchwad makes it all the more important for societies to recycle water, officials said.
The civic body said it is mandatory for societies that have come up on land measuring over 10,000 sq m to set up plants to treat the drainage water in their respective societies and recycle it for various purposes (Representational/File Photo) The environment department of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has warned 41 large housing societies of water supply disconnection unless they operationalise their sewage treatment plants and reuse the treated water.
“The sewage treatment plants in 41 large housing societies have been shut for a long time. We have issued notices to them to restart the plants with immediate effect. Else, we will disconnect their water supply after December 11,” said PCMC joint city engineer Sanjay Kulkarni, who heads the environment department.
The PCMC administration said it had conducted a survey of over 300 housing societies and found that the sewage treatment plant was shut in 41 of them. “The plants are in operation in most societies but remained closed in 47. After we issued notices twice, six societies began operations at their plants,” an official said.
The civic body said it is mandatory for societies that have come up on land measuring over 10,000 sq m to set up plants to treat the drainage water in their respective societies and recycle it for various purposes. ”The rule has been mandatory as per the directives of the environment department of the state and central governments,” an official added.
Civic officials said the water shortage faced by the city makes it all the more important for cooperative housing societies to recycle and reuse water. “There is a water shortage now. The city is getting an alternate-day water supply. In the future too, the city will face problems. To tide over the issue, the state and central governments made it mandatory for societies to set up water treatment plants and reuse the treated water in toilets, for washing purposes and gardening,” an official said.
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