The Hindu 14.12.2010
Discharge of water from four reservoirs stopped
K. Lakshmi
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Storage at nearly 95 per cent of their capacity of 11,057 million cubic |
CHENNAI: The Water Resources Department on Sunday evening stopped discharging water from the four city reservoirs.
As the inflow to the reservoirs in Poondi, Cholavaram, Red Hills and
Chembarampakkam had decreased, the release into the surplus course had
been suspended, according to WRD officials.
Only about 660 cubic feet per second (cusecs) was being drawn from
the reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs of the city. The storage
in the four reservoirs is nearly 95 per cent of their capacity of
11,057 million cubic feet (mcft), an official said.
The department began releasing water from the Poondi reservoir on
December 4 in view of the heavy inflow. Shutters of the other three
waterbodies were opened subsequently.
Nearly 800 mcft of water, equivalent to one month’s of water supply
to the city, was released into the surplus course from the water bodies
up to Sunday.
The quantum of Krishna water discharged from Andhra Pradesh has also
come down. On Monday, the entry point of the Kandaleru Poondi canal in
Uthukottai received only 240 cusecs of water.
Chennai has realised 3,420 mcft of Krishna water since the release
from Kandaleru reservoir began in early October. This is sufficient to
maintain over three months of drinking water supply, the official said.
