The Times of India                16.05.2013

New water supply network for Pandesara Industries to be set up

SURAT: Tender scrutiny committee (TSC) of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) approved the proposals to set up water distribution network for providing potable and treated water to industrial houses of Pandesara.

For providing drinking water to these industrial houses , a new network of pipelines would be set up that will cost SMC Rs 6.25 crore . It will also set up separate network for providing treated water from Bamroli Tertiary treatment plant that is likely to start functioning in coming six months.

SMC plans to provide 40-45 MLD of treated water that is blended with other 50 MLD of potable water to more than 120 industrial units of Pandesara from it's tertiary treatment plant to fulfill their water requirements . By doing this it will save that much of potable water for other use of the city population .

At present , SMC supplies nearly 55 MLD of potable water to these industries at the rate of Rs 23 per kilo liter against their total requirements of 100 MLD. Industries buy remaining water at present from private tankers.

" We plan to complete laying the network of both types of supply by September so that we don't have to wait even for a day once Tertiary treatment plant becomes operative ." said Jatin Shah , city Engineer , SMC.

Once 100MLD of blended water is supplied to the industries , their potable water requirement of 5 MLD would be simultaneously taken care by separate line.