EFFUTU INTEGRATED SEPTAGE

TREATMENT FACILITY
PRESENTED TO THE EFFUTU MUNICIPAL
ASSEMBLY
STUDY AREA
Projected Population Growth
Population Growth (ind) of Communities from 2000 to 2030

140,000.00

120,000.00

100,000.00

80,000.00

Kasoa
60,000.00
Agona Swedru

40,000.00 Winneba

20,000.00 Apam

Awutu Bereku
-
2000 2010 2020 2030
 Projected Population Growth
Population Growth of Districts / Municipal Assemblies from 2010 to 2030

1,200,000.00

1,000,000.00

800,000.00

All
600,000.00
Gomoa West

400,000.00
Awutu Senya + ASEMA

200,000.00 Agona West

Effutu
-
2010 2020 2030
PROBLEM
Lack of LIQUID WASTE treatment and disposal for:

Effutu Municipal Assembly

Agona West Assembly

GomoaWest

Awutu Senya

Awutu Senya East
LIQUID WASTE
• FRESH EXCRETA • FAECAL SLUDGE
(raw and
slightly dilute
Faecal Sludge
in solution)
from septic
tanks and
cesspits
raw (or partially digested)
slurry or solid that results
from the storage of

SEPTAGE blackwater or excreta.
(raw and slightly
dilute Faecal Sludge
in solution) from
septic tanks and
cesspits
LIQUID WASTE CHARACTERISTICS
LIQUID WASTE CHARACTERISTICS
 DISTRIBUTION OF SANITATION OPTIONS FOR
HOUSEHOLDS IN STUDY AREA

No facilities
Public toilet
District / (bush /
W.C. Pit latrine KVIP Bucket / Pan (WC, KVIP, Other Missing
Municipality beach /
Pit, Pan, etc)
field)

Effutu
14.3% 22.0% 4.8% 10.9% 1.6% 34.6% 0.9% 10.8%
Municipal

Ewutu Senya 13.5% 7.5% 24.5% 21.8% 0.5% 23.1% 0.5% 8.6%

Agona West
13.4% 21.3% 11.3% 0.3% 40.8% 0.4% 5.5%
Municipal 6.9%

Gomoa West 28.5% 3.6% 16.7% 7.5% 1.0% 30.0% 0.4% 12.3%
SEPTIC TRUCK DISTRIBUTION IN STUDY
AREA
No. Of Septic Trucks in each Community

15
16

14

12

10

6 4
3
4

0
2

0
Kasoa Winneba Agona Swedru Apam
TRUCK CAPACITIES

6 m3
8 m3
27% 27%
10 m3
12 m3

9%

37%
PROJECTED VOLUMETRIC GENERATION RATE
Description Source Quantity
(cu.m/day)
Estimate 1 From Survey (Study Area) 702 (2014)
Estimate 2 From weighted septage generation rates in study area 185 (2010
communities (Kasoa, Winneba, Agona Swedru, Apam, Awutu 260 (2020)
Breku and Senya Breku) 360 (2030)
Estimate 3 From weighted septage generation rates in study area 451 (2010)
Districts and Municipalities 631 (2020)
882 (2030)

PROJECTED SEPTAGE CHARACTISTICS COMPARED

TO LITERATURE AND PILOT
Parameter Estimated Value Values observed Values observed Measured Values Unit
using IWMI in literature for in literature for at septage
parameters Public Toilet Septic tank treatment plant
Sludge, Ghana Septage, Ghana in Accra, 2013
Total Solids 66,000 52,000 12,000 8040 mg/l

BOD5 8,630 7,200 840 531 mg/l

TKN 4,633 3,300 330 1.83 mg/l

DESIGN CONCEPT

Principles of Integrated Waste Management

Reduction

Reuse

Recycling

Recovery

disposal
 STANDARD SEPTAGE / FAECAL SLUDGE
TREATMENT

separation of solids-liquid fractions

treatments for biosolid

(composting, drying and or incineration)

liquid
(physico-chemical treatment,
biological treatment and polishing)
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
DEWATERING CONTAINER FILTER

•simple
operation

•Low cost
SLUDGE PUMP AND DOSING

•Moving sludge from

holding tank into
container filters

•Polymer addition
 POLYMER TOXICITY

Cationic Polyacrylamide

Oil based Anionic Polyacrylamide

Water based Anionic Polyacrylamide

Organic / Natural Cationic Polymers

Organic / Natural Anionic Polymers
 COMPARISON BETWEEN SYTHETIC
AND NATURAL POLYMERS
DESCRIPTION WASTE STREAM DOSING RATE DAILY CONSUMPTION ANNUAL CONSUMPTI Source
(kg/day) ON (tons/yr)

Grafted polysaccharide Anaerobic Sludge 0.695% 373 116 Li et al., 2013

(STC-g-PDMC)

Moringa seed powder Aerobic sludge 4,695 mg/l 3,296 1,028 Kien Tat et al., 2
010

Cationic PAM Aerobic Sludge 150 mg/l 90 28 Field tests at Sl

amson Dewater
ing Plant, Laven
dar Hill

Borcet SP 1200 (Wheat Kaolin suspension 100 mg/l 70 22 Ziolkowska and

Starch) Shyichuk, 2011

Borcet SZ 1500 (Potato Kaolin suspension 150 mg/l 105 33 Ziolkowska and
Starch) Shyichuk, 2011
 EFFLUENT TREATMENT (STAGE 1)
MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR

High ammonia • Biocarriers

Attached growth system

Aeration
EFFLUENT TREATMENT (STAGE 2)
CONSTRUCTED WETLAND

Artificial wetland, marsh or swamp created as a habitat to treat:

•Domestic
•Commercial
•Some industrial wastewater
 BIOSOLIDS TREATMENT -
VERMICOMPOSTING
The degradation of organic
wastes by earthworm activity

Low order of technology

 CONTINUOUS FLOW THROUGH
VERMIREACTOR

Small footprint Low technology

SITE LAYOUT
SITE LAYOUT
BATTERY LIMITS
Description Cost (USD)

3” flanged pipe with 3’ meter from existing water mains header to factory boundary* 15,000.00

Powered 315 kVA transformer at factory boundary limits 184,000.00

Paved road to plant entrance 830,200.00

Site preparation (Leveling and drainage) 975,000.00

ASSUMPTIONS
Description Value Unit

Proposed Tipping Fee 1.48 USD/cu.m

Existing Tipping Fee 0.74 USD/cu.m

Price of Compost/Vermicompost Product 144.00 USD/ton

SUMMARY CAPEX
DESCRIPTION AMOUNT (USD)
Dewatering plant CAPEX 3,101,500.00
MBBR CAPEX 218,900.00
Constructed Wetland CAPEX 776,570.20
Compost / Vermicompost Facility CAPEX 1,305,463.34
TOTAL 5,402,433.54

SUMMARY OPEX
DESCRIPTION AMOUNT (USD)
Dewatering Plant OPEX per yr 477,111.26
MBBR OPEX 97,721.87
Constructed Wetland OPEX 55,826.10
Compost / Vermicompost Facility OPEX 1,451,056.53
TOTAL 2,081,715.76

SUMMARY ANNUAL REVENUE

DESCRIPTION AMOUNT (USD)
Dewatering Plant revenue per yr 323,668.80
MBBR Revenue per yr -
Constructed Wetland revenue per yr -
Compost / Vermicompost Plant revenue per yr 2,341,705.02
TOTAL 2,665,373.82