Even before the onset of summer, water shortage has been reported in several parts of the city. Water supply from the Siruvani dam has dipped to 35 million litres per day (MLD). Given the water availability in the dam, even this quantity could be supplied only for two months, civic authorities say.
Water level in Siruvani remains a cause for concern
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With the North-East Monsoon season drawing to a close in another couple of weeks the city’s water managers in the Corporation have turned their attention towards the water position in the Siruvani reservoir.
As of December 12, the water level is at 41.76 feet in the reservoir where the full reservoir is 49.54 feet. A good 7.78 feet lower than what it should be.
The level is even below the 44.5 feet mark - the level that the Kerala Irrigation Department officials had told their counterparts here in the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board that they would maintain for the city’s water needs.