Bengaluru: With
an increase in the water level in KRS after water was released from the
Hemavathy river, the BWSSB is slowly resuming its usual withdrawal of
1,150 MLD of water. This will start to reflect in slig­htly improved
water supply to the city from Friday.

All the 60 pumps of
BWSSB ran normally on Thursday. Fifteen pumps had ceased to function
last week as there was no supply from the Cauvery river and BWSSB was
drawing only 750-800 MLD from the river, though the city is entitled to
1450 MLD from the Cauvery every day.

On
Thursday, the Shiva Balancing Reservoir  from where the BWSSB lifts raw
water, reached minus five (-5) from minus 45 on May 15. “Now that KRS
has a comfortable level of water, we have started to draw the usual
amount of water for Bengaluru.

Bengalur­eans
should start getting their routine supply from Friday,” said a senior
BWSSB official. With KRS level increasing, the authorities have started
digging trenches for the water to reach the Shiva Balancing Reservoir
and the Varuna Canal to supply water to Bengaluru and Mysore.

With
the Netkal Bala­ncing Reservoir reaching its normal level, too, a BWSSB
official said “We are expecting moderate to heavy rainfall and we are
expecting that Bengaluru will not have to suffer any water crisis from
now on, at least till next summer.” 

The
water level in KRS has increased by two feet and the increase in
storage by 0.5 TMC in the last three days with water released from
Hemavathi reaching the reservoir.