CHENNAI: The forthcoming months would be comfortable in terms of drinking water supply, says Chennai Metrowater. The water supply to the city has been raised to 640 million litres a day through pipeline on alternate days, according to Metrowater.

A Metrowater official said the supply was increased due to considerable storage in Veeranam Lake and city reservoirs. Residents can expect sustained drinking water supply until September.

At present, about 90 per cent of the city is covered by Metrowater and those streets which do not receive piped supply are supplied through tankers, the official said.

Last year, about 11,000 tanker-trips were operated for city supply. This has been reduced to 3,000 tanker-trips this year, he said. Now, about 60 mld of water was supplied through tankers on alternate days.

On the availability of resources, another official said the Veeranam lake has a storage of 1,100 million cubic feet (mcft) of water against its total storage of 1,465 mcft, thanks to the recent showers in catchment areas.

About 190 million litres of water was being drawn from the lake for treatment and supply to the city and would last for a few more months.

Total storage

The city reservoirs had a total storage of 1,688 mcft on Thursday. The drawal from the Red Hills Lake, which has a storage capacity of 1,478 mcft, has been increased to 120 mld.

The Metrowater-owned fields contribute 75 mld to the city. Besides domestic supply, industries and bulk consumers are supplied with 55 mld of water.

With the increase in quantum of water, why not resume daily piped supply? Another A Metrowater official said a minimum of 400 mld was needed for even distribution of water. Right now, about 320 mld is being supplied through pipeline.

However, several pockets of the city, such as Aminjikarai and T.Nagar still complain of lack of piped supply.

The official said that infrastructure improvements were to be taken up in zones, including K.K. Nagar, Kilpauk and Triplicane.

Mobile water supply was maintained in the defective and unserved streets in these Metrowater zones.

Consumers may also contact area offices for complaints, he added. The central complaint cell phone numbers are 28415312 or 28418436.

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