BORDA organization visits CUE

On February 7th, 2022, a delegation from BORDA organization represented by Engineer Saman Khalil, visited the Catholic University in Erbil to follow up on the work progress of Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Solutions (DEWATS) implemented by BORDA organization at the campus of the Catholic University.

The System implemented have three main treatment steps and modules which include six components according to the University conditions, the six components are Settler, Anaerobic Baffled Reactor – ABR, Anaerobic Filter – AF, Horizontal/Vertical Gravel Filter – HGF/VGF, Activated Carbon Filter – ACF, and UV system with storage and discharge.

The system will be used to decentralize the wastewater into agricultural irrigation for the University, the BOD and pathogen reduction rate will be at a rate of 99% at the last component of the system. It has been designed through on-site physical treatment through gravity without chemicals or electro-chemical inputs, and by low maintenance requirement through desludging of the chambers at intervals of 1 – 2 years.

By the end of the visit, Rev. Fr. Dankha Joola, extended his sincere appreciation for the BORDA initiative at the Catholic University to promote the access to clean water for agriculture irrigation, and promoting the healthy environment through having safe watering for the green areas in the University campus.