BANGALORE: If you are one of those who complain about low water pressure in your house, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) may soon have a solution for you.

To ensure optimum pressure in all the drinking water supply lines, the BWSSB is likely to restrict the size of water storage sumps in houses. This would help people whose houses are located on an elevated position and who complain of low water pressure.

Usually, in any locality, the houses that are situated at the lowest level or that are at the starting point of the drinking water lines have the maximum pressure. Residents of houses located at a height have to wait for those at the lower level to close their taps. This was one of the common complaints received by the BWSSB through its interactive voice response system.

On Tuesday, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) Council, led by their leader A.H. Basvaraju, met BWSSB Chairman N.C. Muniyappa and apprised him about problems related to drinking water supply and underground drainage system in their areas.

The suggestion to restrict the size of sumps was made during this meeting. Mr. Muniyappa reportedly assured the corporators that the proposal to restrict the size of sumps would be placed before the Board members for a decision.

"It is a common practice in the city to construct a 10 feet by 10 feet or 8 feet by 8 feet water storage sump even for a single dwelling with five or six people.

Single dwellings do not require such big sumps. If the BWSSB stipulates the size of sumps for sites of various dimensions, there will not be a problem," Basavanagudi corporator B.S. Satyanarayana, who proposed the idea said.

The BWSSB can impose the new rule while sanctioning new connections. For the existing connections, the officials can ensure that the meter reader inspects the sumps and advise the consumers to make alterations, Mr Satyanarayana said.

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