Sewerage

Sewage management systems are a necessary part of the sanitation puzzle and potentially a big failure point from a public health perspective. From a government perspective, scale of solution is an imperative. Existing statutes and cost constraints make it extremely difficult to experiment with new, untested technologies.

As such, waste management is a key component to Project Sammaan as shortcomings in this have frequently been the cause of failures in other facilities and improper storage and disposal of waste could lead to worsening present conditions and not improving them.

Experts in this field are working with the project partners to identify the most effective technologies available, and to create an overall sewerage strategy to ensure long-term sustainability of the facilities.

The municipalities receiving Project Sammaan facilities present unique challenges given they either have limited (Bhubaneswar) or nonexistent (Cuttack) sewage networks. This means that there needs to be proper waste management systems at the facility level that provide both storage and treatment.These systems will also need to be flexible enough to allow for the facilities to be tied into a centralized sewage network upon its construction and completion.