🚰 More piped connections

Metro Water will collect information to offer people piped water connections.

What’s it about? Metro Water wants to prevent groundwater exploitation, reduce heavy vehicle movement, and reliance on tanker lorries. The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) has begun collecting information from residents to offer them piped water connections instead of using lorries.

• The water requirement is currently met by surface and groundwater sources and desalination plants. Out of 100 crore litres supplied in the city, 30 crores is through lorries. 425 lorries are used for this.
• Maintaining groundwater levels has become difficult due to encroachments, rising population, and lack of maintenance of rainwater harvesting systems. The CMWSSB installed monitoring devices in all 200 wards in 2021.

The way forward: Due to complaints about water distribution through lorries, officials are gathering information from residents, apartments, and hotels. Water supply by lorries will reduce, and tap connections will become the norm.

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