Metro Water plans water sourcing and distribution till October
Posted on: 01/Jul/2013 3:50:55 PM
The officials at the Water Supply Board, better known as Metro Water, are drawing contingency plans to divert a crisis till the arrival of the North East monsoons some months later.
‘Metro Water is planning to get an additional supply of 50 MLD (million litres per day) of water from Neyveli. The work is close to completion and currently we are fixing the mortar. By first week of July, we will have additional 50 MLD of water… We have less water in Red Hills and Chembarambakkam. Sholavaram has dried up, while Poondi has little water. This has resulted us in reorganising the supply to ensure Chennai doesn’t go thirsty for the next three months. We also require the support of residents. They have to use water judiciously… We are also supplying drinking water to 7,000 HDPE tanks. This is used only for drinking purposes. Meanwhile, the tanker fleet of Metro Water has now been further strengthened t0 3,750. Earlier, we were using 2,600 to 2,700 water tankers to supply water to residents in Chennai. Now this has gone up to 3,750 tankers per day. With nearly, 1.5 tmc feet of water in reservoir, the biggest challenge before Metro Water is to work out a careful collaborated strategy besides managing water judiciously, so that the city doesn’t go thirsty till the monsoon arrives’, said an official.
