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Chennai is one of the metros in India that are dependent mostly on ground water supply. Ground water in Chennai is replenished by rain water and average rainfall in Chennai is 1276 mm. [1] Chennai receives about 985 million liters per day (mld) from various sources against the required amount of 1200 mld and the demand is expected to rise to ...
As of 2018, nearly 50 to 60 percent of the water supplied in Chennai and its suburbs is through private water tankers, which supply about 20,000 tanker loads of water every day, sourced from areas such as Mambakkam, Tiruporur, Poonamallee, Ayapakkam, and Manjambakkam. About 80 percent of households in the Chennai Metropolitan Area consume ...
Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) [2] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.
Hyderabad houses 140 large and small lakes in and around the city and As of 1996, there are 834 water tanks of below the size of 10 hectare. [33] The ground water in Hyderabad has total water hardness up to 1000 ppm. [34] APPCB and local authorities have designed and implemented multiple actions to control pollution in the city. [35]
Chennai Water Desalination Ltd. (CWDL) is a special purpose vehicle of IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects Ltd. and Befesa Agua of Spain, created in 2005 to design, build, own and operate the seawater desalination plant for the Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB). [3]
Thervoy Kandigai reservoir is the fifth major reservoir built to satisfy drinking water needs of Chennai city. The reservoir was constructed by combining Thervoy Kandigai and Kannankottai lakes in Thiruvallur district. It was commissioned by Amit Shah, Internal Affairs minister of India, on 21 November 2020. Water levels in the reservoir ...
Since 1969, the port is connected to the Chennai Petroleum Corporation's (CPCL) refinery in Manali via a 30-inch-diameter pipeline running for a length of 17 km. [131] CPCL is planning to replace this with 42-inch-diameter pipeline at a cost of ₹ 1,260 million along the proposed Quadrilateral Road Network from Chennai Port to Ennore-Manali ...
Ground water around Hyderabad, which has a hardness of up to 1000 ppm, around three times higher than is desirable, [112] is the main source of drinking water but the increasing population and consequent increase in demand has led to a decline in not only ground water but also river and lake levels.