C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The city will soon be getting another 100 mld water from
Nemelli desalination plant before the monsoon and the city will have adequate
stock in the event of erratic monsoon, according to Metro Water sources.
Sources told Express that Nemelli desalination plant is
expected to be commissioned on September 2012 and the city will get additional
supply of 100 mld of water. “Besides the city is also expected to get another 180
mld of Cauvery water through Veeranam tank before monsoon,” the source said.
Interestingly, this comes in the wake of reports raising
doubt over the Indian monsoon following America’s National Oceanic and
Atmosphereic Administration stating that the odds of an El Nino phenomenon developing
in July through September are dead even at 50-50.
Metro Water sources rejected the reports stating that they are in touch with the regional
meteorological department and haven’t heard anything about erratic monsoon.
“Even in case of erratic monsoon the state has adequate
resources to supply water to the city,” sources said.
Besides the additional 280 mld of water, the city is also
getting 100 mld of water from the Minjur desalination plant.
“We will also be getting the additional 500 mld of water
from Krishna,” the source said adding that by then the city will have 880 mld
of water. Interestingly, the city supplies 830 million litres of water per day.
Krishna water will help fill the gap in storage at the
city’s four reservoirs and we will get the full quota of water, the source
added.
“We are expecting a good monsoon and if it is erratic, we
do have adequate supply of water to meet the city’s needs,” the source added.
Reservoirs
storage (mcft)
current level
Poondi
3231 2008
Cholavaram 881 83
Redhills 3300 1152
Chembarabakkam
3645 1046
Total 11057 4289
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