International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research (IJABR) ISSN 0976-2612, Online ISSN 2278–599X, Vol-11, Issue-2, 2020, pp11-17 http://www.bipublication.com Research Article Performance Evaluation Study of Liquid Waste Treatment Plant, Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Y.K. Saxena 1 , R.C. Verma 2 , P. Jagan 3 , N. Verma 4 and T. Aslam 5 1 Scientist ‘B’, Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal, 2 Scientist ‘B’, Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal, 3 Scientist ‘E’, Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal, 4 Scientist ‘B’, Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal, 5 Scientist ‘B’, Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal Address of the Organization: Central Pollution Control Board (Central), Regional Directorate, Sahkar Bhawan, North T.T. Nagar, Bhopal- 462003, Madhya Pradesh, India † Corresponding Author: Dr. Yogendra Kumar Saxena dryksaxena5@yahoo.com [Received: 21/01/2020; Accepted: 24/04/2020; Published: 28/05/2020] ABSTRACT: Treatment and proper disposal of Biomedical waste both solid and liquid from various health centres being hazardous and infectious in nature is of foremost concern. Among these, liquid infectious wastewater generated from hospitals is of primary preoccupation as most times, it is being discharged in public drainage or sewer line with inadequate treatment presenting a risk to health of livings and on the environment. So, the efficacious treatment of liquid wastewater from hospitals is obligatory. With this view, a Liquid Waste Treatment Plant (LWTP) was initially established for Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal in 2014. This plant performs physicochemical treatment to the hospital liquid wastewater including disinfection. The objective of the study is to evaluate performance efficiency of the Liquid Waste Treatment Plant (LWTP), Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal, MP, India in terms of removal of pollutants. Composite Sampling was performed at different stages of the treatment units and the major water parameters analyzed were – pH, SS, TDS, BOD, COD, Oil & Grease, microbial parameters including Total Coliform (TC) and Faecal Coliform (FC). The overall percentage Removal Efficiency (RE) of LWTP for these parameters is found to be admissible for SS, COD, BOD and Oil & Grease as 81.72%, 72.95%, 83.48% and 100% respectively. However for TDS it shows negation with – 50.32%. For microbial parameters the results are excellent. Heavy metals analysis was also performed in the treated water reveals all the values are under the permissible limits. The results represent acceptable performance of the LWTP. KEYWORDS: Liquid Waste Treatment Plant (LWTP), Bio-medical waste, Performance study, Pollution, Health centres, Waste management INTRODUCTION Health is of major concern in any country and proficient medical care is vital for this. Developments in medical facilities in last few decades have opened many new options for better health and life. But, this has also increased the quantum of waste generated from medical units like hospital, public health centres, central care units, medical colleges and