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Three new water reservoirs to cut shortage, improve quality

Monday, 04 March 2013 07:58 administrator
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The Times of India                   04.03.2013

Three new water reservoirs to cut shortage, improve quality

NOIDA: The Noida Authority is set to commission three new water reservoirs by June this year to significantly reduce woes of residents.

The reservoirs, located in Sectors 116 and 117 and built at a total cost of around Rs 174 crore, will be used to store Ganga water. Laying down pipelines linking these reservoirs with the Pratap Vihar water treatment plant will be completed in a month.

Residents will soon be supplied more Ganga water which will reduce the quality of hardness in potable water supplied to the city. Authority officials said that work on the three reservoirs has already been completed and simultaneously pipelines are being laid to get Ganga water from the treatment plant. "In a little over a month, work on laying the pipelines will be completed. The Authority will begin trial operations in May," said an official.

The reservoirs have capacities in the range of 44,000 to 55,000 kilolitres each. As per targets set by the Noida Authority, the net water demand in the city is set to reach 215 million litres per day (MLD) by 2015.

However, with the commissioning of these three reservoirs, over 240 MLD of Ganga water would be at the disposal of the Authority.

"Plans are afoot to supply purified Ganga water alone to residents instead of mixing it with groundwater as has been the practice for many years," added the official. In order to beat the hardness of groundwater in the city, the Noida Authority has been supplying potable water to residents by mixing groundwater with Ganga water.
Last Updated on Monday, 04 March 2013 08:01
 

PMC plans ward-level water management

Saturday, 02 March 2013 10:35 administrator
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The Times of India        02.03.2013  

PMC plans ward-level water management

PUNE: The PMC has planned a ward-level water management system to address the problems in water supply in view of the water scarcity. A series of meetings with all political parties have been scheduled to discuss the initiative.

"Though there are some major issues in water management, some problems are very local and do not get addressed at the general body meetings usually. But solving these problems is very important. So, the administration has decided to start special meetings at ward level," a senior official from the water department told TOI.

In the first such meeting held at the PMC on Friday, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena workers discussed the water supply issues in their wards. Problems of low pressure, leakage and damaged water taps were discussed in the meeting.

"The next meeting will be held on Tuesday with the Shiv Sena, which will be followed by a meeting on Wednesday with the BJP. The NCP leaders will meet the civic officials on Thursday, while the Congress and other leaders will meet on Friday. A plan of action to resolve the ward-specific problems will be decided in these meetings," the official said.

V G Kulkarni, head of the water department, confirmed the development.

Vasant More, MNS leader in the PMC, said that their corporators expressed concern over the poor water supply in their areas. "Issues of mismanagement of water supply and lack of coordination between officials were also raised during the meeting," he added.

Since March 2012, the city was getting 1,000 million litres per day (MLD) water from the reservoirs. The water supply rose to 1,100 MLD after the monsoon and water cuts were reduced from 20% to 10%. Currently, the PMC is able to provide water to all areas once a day. However, it cannot resume twice-a-day water supply.

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 March 2013 10:38
 

National Green Tribunal orders shutting of 34 drinking water plants

Saturday, 02 March 2013 10:26 administrator
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The Times of India      02.03.2013

National Green Tribunal orders shutting of 34 drinking water plants

NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered for shutting down 34 packaged drinking water facilities in Noida and Greater Noida for extraction of groundwater and functioning illegally without sanctions from any competent authority.

A bench of the tribunal passed the orders on a petition filed by an environmental activist Vikrant Tongad. It had been alleged in the petition that ceaseless extraction of groundwater has been leading to its rapid depletion. The tribunal has also not lifted a ban imposed by it in January prohibiting extraction of groundwater in the twin cities for construction activities or otherwise.

The tribunal has ordered the Noida and Greater Noida authorities to issue closure orders to 34 industries. "In the affidavit, it has been specifically stated that these units besides being polluting units, are also exploiting undergroundwater. This apparently results in water scarcity," the bench has observed in the order.

The order further states that "all these units shall stop operations forthwith and shall not carry on activities of packaging drinking water by using underground water and without consent of the pollution control board".

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 March 2013 10:28
 
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