The Hindu 19.08.2014
Siruvani continues to overflow
Water supply to areas coming under East Zone to improve
For almost a fortnight now water has been overflowing from the Siruvani Dam — something that has not happened in the recent past. According to sources, ever since the water level touched and surpassed the full reservoir level of 49.50 feet on August 2, there has been a steady flow of water into the reservoir.
In the last week, the water level has remained above the full reservoir level, though the rainfall remained negligible, and the quantity of water drawn to the city was a constant at over 101 million litres a day.
The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board sources said that on August 11 the rainfall at the reservoir was 2mm, on August 12 it was 40mm, on August 13 nil, August 14 1mm, August 15 22mm, August 16 33mm, August 17 1mm, and August 18 2mm.
The water position in the reservoir, and the over-100 mld supply had moved the Coimbatore Corporation to supply Siruvani water on alternate days to 26 Wards in full, and another eight to 10 Wards in part.
The result of the improved Siruvani supply had resulted in improvements in Pilloor supply to residents in the East Zone. The water supply now stood at once in seven — eight days, up from the once in 14 days supply, said K.R. Jayaram, Chairman, East Zone.
The once-in-14-days supply happened when the Corporation diverted Pilloor water to meet the shortfall in Siruvani-fed areas.
Mr. Jayaram said that the water supply situation in East Zone would further improve as and when the TWAD Board completed the construction of the overhead tanks as part of the Pilloor I extension project. Two tanks would soon come into use.
The East Zone would see further improvement in supply once the Corporation completed 5.40km pipeline laying work connecting the Pilloor main storage tank in Ganapathy with the tank in DGR Nagar. This will help supply water once in three or four days.
