Field Visit to Sewage Treatment Plant at Tonca

The final year Civil Engineering students of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda along with Prof. Prachi Dessai and Prof. Madhuraj Naik visited the Sewage treatment Plant at Tonca, Miramar on 27^th October 2017. In all seventy one students visited the site.

On visiting the site, the students were made aware that the sewage treatment plant treats municipal waste for the Panjim City having an approximate population of 60,000.The plant has a capacity of treating 12.5 MLD of waste water everyday. The Assistant Engineer Incharge Mr. Shetty explained the various aspects in the processes involved in the treatment of wastewater.

This visit was extremely beneficial to the students for understanding the primary treatment processes to treat municipal effluents. Students gained hands on experience in understanding the execution of  processes like Screening (grit removal), Aeration, Digestion, Decanting, Chlorination and also learnt benefits of C-Tech (Cyclic activity sludge process) technology used in treatment plant.