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Chennai
T. Ramakrishnan
CHENNAI : It is almost a year since Chennai residents started receiving daily piped supply of drinking water. The daily supply was restored on November 1, 2005 (Deepavali day). The period has at least one significance: stable and continuous supply of water from a new source - Veeranam tank - as far as the Chennai water supply is concerned. A perusal of data of the city supply from November 2005 to October (till October 23) reveals that the Veeranam tank, located in Cuddalore district and about 225 km south of Chennai, contributed, on an average, 25 per cent of the total supply for domestic, industrial and bulk consumers. In addition to the supply from Veeranam, the timely arrival of Krishna water and bountiful rainfall of last year's northeast monsoon were responsible for maintaining a high supply level. As of now, Metrowater supplies about 645 million litres a day (MLD) that includes around 70 MLD for industry and bulk consumers. When the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chose three years ago to implement the New Veeranam Project for bringing water from the tank to the city, it had to face not only opposition politically but also scepticism expressed by experts over the feasibility of the project and the stability of the source. But, since the project was completed in 2004, nature has been benevolent with the tank having a comfortable storage. The project envisaged the supply of 180 MLD for the city. [Since October 2004, water from Veeranam is used for the city supply]. On Monday morning, the combined storage of Red Hills, Cholavaram and Satyamurti Sagar in Poondi stood at 3,542 million cubic feet. Chembarampakkam had a storage of 1,317 mcft.
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