The Hindu 13.07.2009
Survey on water consumption in city
Staff ReporterKOCHI: A survey on the water consumption pattern and number of people depending on public taps for drinking water will be undertaken soon. The survey is being planned to generate a baseline data for the ‘Water connection for all’ project of the Kochi Corporation, said C.K. Manisankar, Deputy Mayor of the Kochi Corporation.
The Corporation has promised in its budget to provide piped drinking water connections to all the families in the city which do not have the connection.
According to the data available with the Corporation, there are 27,996 families in the city who do not have the piped water connection. These families are banking on the public taps for collecting drinking water and each family will have to spend up to seven hours for collecting the water.
The civic authorities arrived at these figures using the data collected by the neighbourhood committees. The administration needs an authentic and accurate data on the water consumption pattern and the number of consumers depending on public taps for planning the project, he said.
The Project Engineer and officials concerned have been asked to complete the paper works for the project.
