MAHARASHTRA STATE POWER GENERATION COMPANY LTD.

MAHAGENCO- NAGPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

WASTE WATER REUSE PROJECT
AT NAGPUR
WATER SUPPLY FOR (3X660 MW) KORADI TPS

ASHEESH SHARMA
MANAGING DIRECTOR
MAHAGENCO

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 WATER USAGE IN THERMAL POWER PLANTS

 Electricity generation consumes over 50% of all water used in the industries.

 4.0 to 4.5 Ltrs/kwh

 WATER REQUIREMENT FOR A POWER PLANT:

WATER POPULATION
POWER PLANT
REQUIREMENT EQUIVALENT
(MW)
(MLD) (IN LAKHS)
250 24 2.4

500 42 4.2

660 55 5.5

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WATER CONSUMPTION FOR A TYPICAL
POWER PLANT
Make-up Water Requirement for Cooling
Water System and Ash Evacuation (72.0 to
78.0%)
Other Misc. Requirements (10.0 to 11.0%)

Service Water, AHP Seal Water, Fire

Fighting, Coal Dust Suppression (9.0 to
10.0%)
D.M. Water Requirements ( 3.0 to 4.5%)

Potable Water for Plant & Colony (1.25% to

1.50%)

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 TYPICAL WATER SUPPLY SOURCES FOR TPS

• Fresh water from rivers, canals, etc.

• For power plants located in coastal areas water for cooling of

condenser and auxiliaries is drawn from sea or a creek in an open
cycle.

• For coastal plants, requirement of water for other auxiliaries is

met from an alternative source or it is generated from sea water by
installing a desalination plant.

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 WATER REQUIREMENT FOR EXISTING MAHAGENCO
POWER PLANTS IN VIDARBHA REGION

Water
Installed
Power station Requirement Water Source
Capacity (MW)
(MLD)
Kamptee-Khairy
Koradi 620 72
Pench project
Kamptee-Khairy
Khaparkheda 1340 146
Pench project
Barriage on Mun
Paras 562.5 56
River

Chandrapur 2340 246 Erai Dam

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 WATER REQUIREMENT FOR FUTURE
POWER PROJECTS IN VIDHARBHA REGION

Power Generating Proposed Capacity Water Requirement

Company (MW) (MLD)

MAHAGENCO 3230 350

NTPC 2320 240

PRIVATE 9535 1030

TOTAL 13765 1620

Total Water Requirement for future power projects in Vidharbha Region is

over 1620 MLD.
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 “IMPACT OF POWER STATIONS IN VIDARBHA
REGION ON WATER RESOURCES”

As per a case study conducted by IIT Delhi and Green Peace in 2011.

• Water availability in Wardha and Wainganga Sub-basins shows a

declining trend.

• Water will not be available for any other purpose like irrigation or
urban uses, if it is consumed by power stations.

• Availability of water for future thermal power plants or future

irrigation will be difficult without creating additional storage capacity.

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 EXPANSION PROJECT AT KORADI (3x660 MW)
• Considering the growing power demand, Mahagenco decided to expand
the existing capacity of Koradi Thermal Power Plant in 2008.

• Expansion Capacity 1980 MW (3 X 660 MW)

• Requirement of water for the expansion project is 130 MLD

• No additional water reservation was available from the existing

Kamptee Khairee Pench project

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 AVAILABLE OPTIONS …

Sr. ALTERNATE SOURCES REASONS FOR NON

No. AS SUGGESTED BY WRD FEASIBILITY

1 Ambora Barrage. - Required construction of new

dams and barrages.
Kochi Barrage on Kanhan - Water allocation not easily
2 available.
River
- Most Expensive and
Rahri Barrage on Kanhan Uneconomical.
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River

• Considering the water scarcity in the Vidharbha Region and huge

water demand for upcoming power plants, MAHAGENCO
decided to go for a alternate unconventional source.
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 AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH…

• USAID conducted a feasibility study for re-use of treated sewage

from Nagpur city for its use in a Thermal Power Station.

• MAHAGENCO found the proposal feasible and economical.

• Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had already submitted a

proposal of 110 MLD STP under JnNURM.

• MoU signed between NMC and MAHAGENCO for “Construction

and Operating Agreement of Treatment and Transmission Facilities
for Reclaimed Water Usage”.

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 PROJECT DETAILS…

• STP along with secondary and tertiary treatment to be

constructed, operated and maintained by MAHAGENCO as per
their requirements.
• Grant of Rs. 90 Cr received from JnNURM by NMC shall be
passed on to MAHAGENCO towards construction.
• Land required for the project shall be provided by NMC.
• NMC shall supply 110 MLD ( +10%) sewage to MAHAGENCO
@ Rs 15 Crs./ year.

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 PROJECT LAYOUT

Bhandewadi
Existing STP 100
MLD

Intake
Structure MS pipeline 1200 mm dia
& Raw of 2.3 kms Proposed MS pipeline 1200 mm dia of 16. 2 kms
KT Weir STP, TTP &
sewage
pump Treated
house water Pump
(130 MLD) house

Nag Nallah

One day
Koradi storage
TPS reservoir at
Koradi TPS

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 TREATMENT PROCESS ADOPTED

1) Module A : Intake Works, KT Weir, Raw Sewage Pumping Station at Nag

Nallah & M.S. Transmission Pipe Line (1200mm dia, 2.3 Km.)
From Nag Nallah to proposed STP at Bhandewadi

2) Module B : Sewage Treatment Plant at Bhandewadi:

i) Primary treatment : Parshall Flume & Primary Clarifiers

ii) Secondary treatment (Biological Treatment) : Sequential Batch
Reactor

3) Module C : Tertiary Treatment Plant at Bhandewadi :

Deep Bed Multi-Media Filters, Chlorination, Sludge Handling
System

4) Module E : Treated water Pumping Station at Bhandewadi.

5) Module D : M.S. Transmission Pipe line (1200mm dia, 16.2 Km.) from
Bhandewadi to one day storage reservoir at Koradi Thermal
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 COST OF DELIVERED WATER

1) Capital Cost of the Project (130MLD) : Rs. 180 Cr

i) JnNURM Grant : Rs. 90 Cr

ii) MAHAGENCO Share : Rs. 90 Cr

2) Operation and Maintenance Cost : Rs. 1.50 Cr/Year

3) Payment to NMC for raw sewage purchase : Rs. 15 Cr/Year

4) Cost of water to MAHAGENCO : Rs. 3.40 per Cum.

5) Cost of fresh water from irrigation department : Rs. 1.20 to 9.60 per Cum.

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 RAW AND TREATED SEWAGE
CHARACTERISTICS
Sewage treatment plant followed by tertiary treatment is designed to
meet the standards for treated effluent as given below:
Outlet Quality Characteristics
Raw Sewage
Parameter after Secondary after tertiary
Quality
treatment treatment
pH 6.8 – 7.8 6.8 – 7.8 6.8 – 7.8

BOD5 @ 200 C 250 mg/L Less than 15 mg/L Less than 5 mg/L
Total Suspended Solids 300 mg/L Less than 20 mg/L Less than 5 mg/L
Total Coli form Less than
>16,00,000 ---
(MPN/100ml) 2 MPN / 100 mL

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 CHALLENGES OF USING SEWAGE WATER

1) Need Psychological acceptance to use sewage water as an

alternative source.

2) In case of deficiency in quality/quantity of treated sewage

water in unavoidable circumstances, the following additional
precautionary measures have to be taken:

i) Side Stream filtration for C.W. System to reduce TSS.

ii) Additional chlorination in power plant area for

disinfection.

iii) Back-up source of fresh water (30%).

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 PROJECT BENEFITS

• Saving of fresh water to the extent of 47 MM3 per annum.

• New STP of 130 MLD will improve ecology and environment of

surrounding water bodies

• Reliable and economical source of water supply for power plant

• In future, power generation from STP sludge is also envisaged to

make the power requirement of STP self sustainable.

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THANK YOU

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