MU unveils sewage treatment project using earthworms
Hindustan TimesMumbai: In an effort to create a sustainable and carbon-neutral green campus, the University of Mumbai has inaugurated an earthworm-based sewage treatment project at its Vidyanagari complex in Kalina. The MU said that the project, Absolute Water Private Limited, was the winning proposal presented as part of the 11-youth start-up innovative concepts six months back for a competition aimed at exploring nature-based solutions to complex challenges. “With the support and initiative of the WRI, the Sewage Treatment Project has now become a reality at Vidyanagari complex. Through microbial and Vermi processes, wastewater treatment with earthworms simultaneously takes place, resulting in highly nutritious effluent suitable for reuse.” Under this wastewater project, a daily volume of 10,000 to 12,000 liters of treated wastewater is recycled for university irrigation purposes.
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