Urban and Regional Planning 2017; 2(3): 13-16 http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/urp doi: 10.11648/j.urp.20170203.11 Sewage Waste Water Characteristics and Its Management in Urban Areas- A Case Study at Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant, Dhaka Masud Hassan 1, * , Rakib Hassan 1 , Md Anik Mahmud 1 , Husna Israt Pia 1 , Md Arafat Hassan 2 , MJ Uddin 1 1 Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2 Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh Email address: masudhassanswe1112@gmail.com (M. Hassan) * Corresponding author To cite this article: Masud Hassan, Rakib Hassan, Md Anik Mahmud, Husna Israt Pia, Md Arafat Hassan, MJ Uddin. Sewage Waste Water Characteristics and Its Management in Urban Areas- A Case Study at Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant, Dhaka. Urban and Regional Planning. Vol. 2, No. 3, 2017, pp. 13-16. doi: 10.11648/j.urp.20170203.11 Received: May 17, 2017; Accepted: June 3, 2017; Published: July 14, 2017 Abstract: The quick growth of the population, land use changed, and the industrial boom has carried huge problems of the environment of Dhaka city, Bangladesh especially on sewage waste water management. Waste treatment in developing countries like Bangladesh is a major anxiety and has become puzzling for various unfavorable conditions. Sewage Waste water management has a direct impact on the urban ecosystems, agriculture and river system. Insufficient education and little economic perspective are causing difficulties in implementing advanced treatment methods. Similar to other developing countries, Bangladesh is also facing numerous water-related problems in the urban region. The waste water of Dhaka city was collected and analyzed in the laboratory before and after the treatment. The present investigation was conducted to monitor the characteristic of the waste water, and its usability in different purposes like Irrigation, Aquaculture and drinking purposes. It is obvious from the results that, the current situation of treated water is not promising especially in N, P, Fe and Mn concentration for using as Aquaculture and Drinking Purposes. Although, the treated waste water can be used as Irrigation water and discharge into river without any further treatment. Keywords: Sewage Waste Water Treatment, Physical & Chemical Properties, Heavy Metals, Water Quality, Water Management 1. Introduction Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The population is almost about 160 million with a growth rate approaching 1.6 %. Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh with the highest population density all over the world. Rapid growing urbanization in the capital is attracting people to the cities [2]. At present Dhaka has one sewage treatment plant which is Pagla sewage treatment plant (PST) in Pagla. The capacity of the plant is 120,000 m 3 /day. The plant has 49,000 domestic sewer connections, 778 km of sewer line of different diameter, 20 sewer lift stations, 1 central pump station and 3 truck interceptor sewers. The treated effluent is discharged to the nearby river Buriganga [4]. As the topography of Dhaka is mostly flat gravity system is used. In this system, pipes are installed about 1 m from ground level carried to a depth of 6 m with a slope of about 0.66 % accumulating the effluent in a sump. The effluent is lifted by pumps from the sump and discharged to an intake at 1 m depth from the ground surface and this process continues till the effluent reaches the treatment plant. The treatment plant was designed for a waste water with a BOD concentration of 200 mg/L and SS of 200 mg/L. The treatment plant has also been designed for an effluent quality of 50 mg/L and 60 mg/L of BOD and SS respectively to release into the environment [4]. Waste water includes domestic waste water, consisting of black-water excreta, urine and associated sludge and grey water-kitchen and