Sahyadri ENews Issues: I - LXXVIII
Integrated Wetlands Ecosystem at Jakkur Lake, Bangalore: Optimal Wastewater TreatmentCite
Ramachandra T.V., Durga Madhab Mahapatra, Sudarshan P. Bhat, Asulabha K.S., Sincy Varghese, Bharath H. Aithal
ENVIS[RP], Environmental Information System, Energy and Wetlands
Research Group,
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science -
560012
envis.ces@iisc.ac.in
tvr@iisc.ac.in Phone:
080 22933099/22933503
3.0 Study Area
Jakkur Lake (Figure 2) situated at 13o 04'N and 77o 36'E, North East of Bangalore. Ten MLD sewage treatment plant is functional in this locality. Partially treated water is let into Jakkur Lake through wetlands (consisting of emergent macrophytes and algae). Water samples were collected (figure 2) from Inlet (S6), outlets (S1, S2, S3), middle (S4, S5 and S9) and at treatment plant outlet (S6 and S7) totaling nine locations. The treated water from the treatment plant passes through the wetlands to Jakkur Lake.