Pravin Ladkat, executive engineer,
water supply department, said, “The department lifts 425 million litres
per day (MLD) of untreated water from the Ravet bund on the Pavana
river and sends it to water treatment plants at sector number 23 in
Nigdi. There are three sumps there having capacities of 8 MLD, 12 MLD
and 10 MLD, where water is treated. The treated water is then sent to
three water tanks having a capacity of 300 lakh litres each. The water
from these tanks is distributed to the entire city.”

Ladkat
said whenever a mechanical problem crops up at one of the tanks, areas
served by it experience disruption in water supplyIf the repair work is
major and takes an entire day, water supply could be affected for two days.

He said there was a plan to inter-connect all the three water tanks at
the treatment plant in Nigdi. “In case of a snag at one of the water
pumps, water from one tank can be diverted to the other. The work on
inter-connecting the three water tanks will begin from March 7,” he
added. Ladkat said, “There are some areas in the city which get water
supply twice a day. The newly-merged villages get water supply for one
hour daily. Some areas in old municipal limits, like Rahatni, Jagtap
Dairy and others, get water once a day. We will be able to reduce this
disparityin water supply once the water tanks are interconnected.”