The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has initiated the process for establishing a tertiary treatment plant (TTP) on public private partnership (PPP) basis and then sell the recycled water.

The RMC standing committee green-flagged a proposal to engage a consultant for a proposed TTP of 90 million litre per day (MLD) capacity.

The committee approved the proposal of hiring Bluestream Infrastructure Development Consultant Private Limited, a Pune-based firm.

The consultant will prepare a pre-feasibility report, detailed project report with cost estimates, technical and commercial specifications and bid documents for floating tenders and help identify the private player in the project, the proposal said.

Municipal Commissioner Anand Patel said the city needs to reuse its wastewater. “Sources of water in Rajkot are limited and therefore, reusing wastewater is the way forward. At the same time, seven existing STPs (sewage treatment plants) are discharging water into Aji-II dam after primary treatment and the irrigation department is supplying it to farmers for irrigation. We want to reuse this water by giving it tertiary treatment and create a revenue stream for the RMC,” Anand said.