The Hindu 01.08.2013
Rs.30-crore water supply scheme for Attappady
Centrally funded scheme is designed for 30 years with 2014 as base year
: Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has submitted a proposal for an integrated drinking water supply scheme for Attappady, which is facing acute shortage of potable water. The scheme is estimated at Rs.30 crore.
The project, being implemented with Central funding, was given sanction in principle by Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh during his visit to Attappady on June 6. It is designed for a period of 30 years with 2014 as base year and will be implemented in a time-bound manner by the Special Task Force constituted for projects at Attappady. The scheme will utilise the perennial surface source of the Bhavani river, which is draining the scheme area.
To ensure adequate summer storage, an overflowing weir is proposed. The design population of the scheme is 1,03,495 people in 2042, with a per capita demand of 70 lpcd (litres per capita per day), a KWA official here said.
The capacity of the scheme was 10 MLD (million litres per day). A conventional treatment plant would be put up at Kavundickal in Agali grama panchayat from where treated water would be transmitted to the existing redundant water storage reservoirs in the three grama panchayts of Attappady mainly by gravity, he said.
