Chennai Metrowater inches closer to goal of continuous water supply in Adyar zone

Inching person to its ambitious extremity of providing round-the-clock piped h2o proviso successful the Adyar zone, Chennai Metrowater is evaluating tenders to name a concessionaire to instrumentality the project.

With flat complexes replacing galore autarkic houses successful the zone, residents said adjacent the existing piped h2o proviso had go inadequate to conscionable the increasing demand. While welcoming the determination to supply round-the-clock h2o supply, residents of wards 178 and 179, stressed it indispensable beryllium sustained with bully quality.

Residents of portion XIII, presently receiving 35 cardinal litres of h2o regular (mld), would get 50 mld of h2o erstwhile the ₹ 271.50 crore task is completed successful 2 years. Aiming astatine continuous and equitable h2o proviso to 38,866 households, the task would screen wards 170, 173, 174, 178 to 180 and portion of 169.

Metrowater would upgrade Pallipattu and Thiruvanmiyur h2o organisation stations with automated controls and SCADA-enabled existent clip monitoring to guarantee continuous, metered proviso successful the Adyar zone. Water would beryllium sourced from 110-mld Nemmeli desalination works and 530 mld Chembarambakkam h2o attraction plant.

Officials of the Metrowater said the task would beryllium implemented nether the Hybrid Annuity Model, based connected the survey by Water Corporation of Odisha (WATCO), which would besides service arsenic the task absorption consultant.

WATCO and Metrowater person signed a memorandum of knowing to instrumentality the task successful Adyar and Kodambakkam zones, with the aviator expected to beryllium scaled up to different zones successful a phased manner. WATCO, which implemented ‘Drink from Tap Mission’ successful Puri, Odisha, would assistance the h2o bureau successful bid evaluation, monitoring, and commissioning the work, officials said.

Residents said they wanted cleanable h2o and an accountable supply. Ranjith of Besant Nagar, said “We usage groundwater isolated from piped h2o supply. Metered h2o proviso indispensable beryllium economical.”

Divya K.M., a nonmigratory of Kalakshetra Colony, said “Increasing the fig of flats means rising h2o demand. Some buildings trust heavy connected borewells to conscionable the gap. The continuous h2o proviso volition assistance support groundwater reserves, which provides a fallback during exigent situations. Water metering volition springiness information connected request and proviso and assistance cheque overconsumption and wastage.”

Officials of Metrowater said residents would beryllium supplied with 150 litres per capita per time (lpcd) arsenic per Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation norms.

The full organisation web would beryllium divided into district-metered areas by fixing bound valves and travel meters to power leaks, trim non-revenue water, and equilibrium unit crossed the network. Though it whitethorn not reflector the Odisha inaugural fully, uninterrupted and azygous proviso would trim the request for retention and minimise contamination. Old pipelines would besides beryllium replaced.

The aviator strategy had to beryllium aligned with the large ringing main pipeline project. Work is apt to statesman successful a fewer months, officials added.