- Residents of Ulaanbaatar city need to restrict the use of water due to the repair works at the Waste Water Treatment Facility-
Few days back S.Unen, Head of the Water and Sewage Authority warned residents and officials on dumping untreated waste water into Tuul river due to threats of outages at the aged waste water treatment facilities of the city.
After that warning B.Badral, Head of the Mayor's Office and General Manager, made an annoucement that there is no need to do restrictions at the water supply of the city and dumping the untreated water into the Tuul river.
In order to make the matters clear we approached Senior Engineer at the Waste Water Treatment Facility Ts. Bold.
-Could you update on the latest development of the repair works at the facility?
-As a result of the talks with the UB city General Manager the facility repair works will start at 3AM on june 13. This means the water supply for the city will be restricted, so that the waste water collected at the facility will be reduced to the acceptable level for repair works.
-There were two differing announcements made in regards with water supply restrictions and the dumping of the waste water untreated?
-Waste water is to be treated with mechanic method that treats waste 40-50 percent. At the facility we usually do two types of treatment: mechanic and biologic. The waste water facility receives 150 thousand cubic meters of waste daily. Any repair works will require the water supply restrictions in the future.
-Does it mean water is not treated 100 percent?
-Yes. Waste water is not treated 100 percent. But the dumping of the 50 percent treated waste water is inevitable.
-How long will the repair works proceed?
-Repair work will start on Saturday morning and continue to Sunday evening. We plan on 48 hours repair works.
-How much will it help if the residents will restrict their use of water?
- It will help us a lot, If the residents will restrict their use of water.
-Is there a guarantee that this repair will solve the problems?
-There is no guarantee at all. This repair is just an emergency action to stop the big catastrophe. We are to do only small repairs to fill the holes and damages.
Safety Engineer Zagdbazar also added: “Repair works for the 5m deep tank is a big issue. We are doing studies on how to do the repair works for the tank which is always filled with water. We are to do repair works non-stop during those 48 hours." Т
This time repair work will only solve the tiny portion of a bigger problem which is to prevent outage of the facility, until the issues of new Waste Water Treatment Facility Development is solved. There is no guarantee that Tuul river will be safe from dumping of the untreated waste water.
- Residents of Ulaanbaatar city need to restrict the use of water due to the repair works at the Waste Water Treatment Facility-
Few days back S.Unen, Head of the Water and Sewage Authority warned residents and officials on dumping untreated waste water into Tuul river due to threats of outages at the aged waste water treatment facilities of the city.
After that warning B.Badral, Head of the Mayor's Office and General Manager, made an annoucement that there is no need to do restrictions at the water supply of the city and dumping the untreated water into the Tuul river.
In order to make the matters clear we approached Senior Engineer at the Waste Water Treatment Facility Ts. Bold.
-Could you update on the latest development of the repair works at the facility?
-As a result of the talks with the UB city General Manager the facility repair works will start at 3AM on june 13. This means the water supply for the city will be restricted, so that the waste water collected at the facility will be reduced to the acceptable level for repair works.
-There were two differing announcements made in regards with water supply restrictions and the dumping of the waste water untreated?
-Waste water is to be treated with mechanic method that treats waste 40-50 percent. At the facility we usually do two types of treatment: mechanic and biologic. The waste water facility receives 150 thousand cubic meters of waste daily. Any repair works will require the water supply restrictions in the future.
-Does it mean water is not treated 100 percent?
-Yes. Waste water is not treated 100 percent. But the dumping of the 50 percent treated waste water is inevitable.
-How long will the repair works proceed?
-Repair work will start on Saturday morning and continue to Sunday evening. We plan on 48 hours repair works.
-How much will it help if the residents will restrict their use of water?
- It will help us a lot, If the residents will restrict their use of water.
-Is there a guarantee that this repair will solve the problems?
-There is no guarantee at all. This repair is just an emergency action to stop the big catastrophe. We are to do only small repairs to fill the holes and damages.
Safety Engineer Zagdbazar also added: “Repair works for the 5m deep tank is a big issue. We are doing studies on how to do the repair works for the tank which is always filled with water. We are to do repair works non-stop during those 48 hours." Т
This time repair work will only solve the tiny portion of a bigger problem which is to prevent outage of the facility, until the issues of new Waste Water Treatment Facility Development is solved. There is no guarantee that Tuul river will be safe from dumping of the untreated waste water.