The Times of India 07.03.2013
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation plans to link water tanks
PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad
Municipal Corporation will have a system of directing water from one
tank at the water treatment plant to another so that citizens do not
face hardships due to water shortage in case of emergencies like failure
of pumping system at the tanks.
Pravin Ladkat, executive engineer, water supply department, said, "The department lifts 425 million litres per day (MLD) of untreated water from the Ravet bund on the Pavana river and sends it to water treatment plants at sector number 23 in Nigdi. There are three sumps there having capacities of 8 MLD, 12 MLD and 10 MLD, where water is treated. The treated water is then sent to three water tanks having a capacity of 300 lakh litres each. The water from these tanks is distributed to the entire city."
Ladkat said whenever a mechanical problem crops up at one of the tanks, areas served by it experience disruption in water supplyIf the repair work is major and takes an entire day, water supply could be affected for two days.
He said there was a plan to inter-connect all the three water tanks at the treatment plant in Nigdi. "In case of a snag at one of the water pumps, water from one tank can be diverted to the other. The work on inter-connecting the three water tanks will begin from March 7," he added. Ladkat said, "There are some areas in the city which get water supply twice a day. The newly-merged villages get water supply for one hour daily. Some areas in old municipal limits, like Rahatni, Jagtap Dairy and others, get water once a day. We will be able to reduce this disparityin water supply once the water tanks are interconnected."
Pravin Ladkat, executive engineer, water supply department, said, "The department lifts 425 million litres per day (MLD) of untreated water from the Ravet bund on the Pavana river and sends it to water treatment plants at sector number 23 in Nigdi. There are three sumps there having capacities of 8 MLD, 12 MLD and 10 MLD, where water is treated. The treated water is then sent to three water tanks having a capacity of 300 lakh litres each. The water from these tanks is distributed to the entire city."
Ladkat said whenever a mechanical problem crops up at one of the tanks, areas served by it experience disruption in water supplyIf the repair work is major and takes an entire day, water supply could be affected for two days.
He said there was a plan to inter-connect all the three water tanks at the treatment plant in Nigdi. "In case of a snag at one of the water pumps, water from one tank can be diverted to the other. The work on inter-connecting the three water tanks will begin from March 7," he added. Ladkat said, "There are some areas in the city which get water supply twice a day. The newly-merged villages get water supply for one hour daily. Some areas in old municipal limits, like Rahatni, Jagtap Dairy and others, get water once a day. We will be able to reduce this disparityin water supply once the water tanks are interconnected."
