TE Civil Students visit to OPA Water Treatment Plant

The Civil Engineering Department of Don Bosco College of Engineering organized a field trip for the Third year Civil Engineering students to the OPA Water Treatment Plant at Khandepar, Ponda on 13^th April 2018.

The Opa water works is situated in Khandepar village of Ponda taluka. This water works  supplies  water by force of gravity to almost 95% of the area of Ponda and Tiswadi talukas which includes areas  like Panjim, Bambolim, Taleigao, Ribandar and whole of Ponda taluka.

The OPA Water Treatment Plant is the first treatment plant in Goa that was commissioned in the year 1967. The Opa weir was constructed in 1972 to raise the water level and also store water during the dry period from March to June. The main source of Opa water works is from the river Khandepar which originates in Karnataka and flows through Dudhsagar water fall. The other tributary which joins the river  is Kalem river which flows from Sanguem.

The water works has taken into consideration the demand and supply of water which has increased over the years due to increase in number of consumers. The students saw the different units of the water treatment plant which included the cascading aeration, sedimentation, filtering beds and the chlorination unit.  The plant capacity is 1.6 MGD.

The students were accompanied by Asst. Prof. Starina Dias and Asst. Prof. Prachi Desai.