# Construction of a new vertical treatment plant
# MD Sudarshan Reddy inspects the land
The government has decided to construct new state-of-the-art water treatment plants (vertical water treatment plants) in Gandipet, Kokapet, Puppalaguda, and other areas to avoid drinking water problems. These measures will be taken to provide water relief to the people in these areas. These vertical water treatment plants will be constructed on Gandipet Conduit to treat additional water supplied from Himayatsagar and Osmansagar reservoirs. On Wednesday, MD Sudarshan Reddy inspected the suitable site for constructing three state-of-the-art vertical water treatment plants with a capacity of 3 MLD in the Gandipet, Kokapet, and Puppalaguda areas of the Gandipet Canal. Speaking on this occasion, the MD said that the demand for water board tankers has arisen due to the depletion of underground water within ORR. He said that an additional 9 MLDs of good water are being supplied in the nearby areas of Gandipet, Kokapet, and Puppalaguda. Also, filling stations will be arranged so that water tankers are available 24 hours a day in these areas.
Adequate supply of drinking water to Hyderabad…
The Water Board reiterated that there is no shortage of drinking water supply in Hyderabad. At present, water is being supplied to the city from Nagarjuna Sagar, Yellampalli, Manjeera, and Singur. Apart from this, water is also supplied from the twin reservoirs, Himayatsagar and Osmansagar.
Serial No. Name of Reservoir, Supply of Water (in MLDs)
1 Osman Sagar, 91.00
2 Himayat Sagar, 12.32
3 Singur Manjeera 460.00
4 Krishna Phase – 1, 2, 3, 1254.33
5 Godavari Phase-1, 741.45
Total 2559.00
Water supply like this…
Out of this, 1082.62 MLD is being supplied to the GHMC area, 1049.58 MLD to areas beyond GHMC, 277.21 MLD to municipalities, corporations, gram panchayats, gated communities, and colonies up to ORR, and 149.47 MLD to Mission Bhagiratha. Osmansagar and Himayatsagar reservoirs near Hyderabad have abundant water availability. A total of 2409.53 MLDs of water are currently being supplied from the above reservoirs. Last year, on the same day, 2270 MLDs of water were supplied. This means that 139.53 MLDs of water are being supplied additionally this year.
Nagarjuna Sagar
Nagarjuna Sagar has 136.47 TMCs of water as of today (03.04.204). Dead storage availability is up to 131.66 TMCs. Even if there is debt storage, 4.81 TMCs of water can be used. Hyderabad requires 5.60 TMCs of water for drinking water every 4 months.
Ellampalli Reservoir
Today (03.04.204), there is 7.71 TMC of water in Ellampalli reservoir. Dead storage is available up to 3.31 TMCs. Even if there is dead storage, 4.40 tmcs of water can be used. Hyderabad requires 3.33 TMCs of water for drinking water every 4 months.
Arrangements for emergency pumping
Keeping in view the current situation, the water board has already made arrangements for emergency pumping. Emergency pumping will be done from Nagarjuna Sagar on the 15th of this month. From the Yellampalli project from May 1.
Tanker supply
The water board conducted a survey to find out the reasons behind the tanker demand. In this survey, it was found that the ground water level in Hyderabad is the reason. Also, the Ground Water Department has also revealed the same thing. Water board staff are working day and night to supply water to customers who book tankers. Tanker demand is not all over the city but in western areas like Manikonda, Gachibowli, Kondapur, Madhapur, Kukatpally, Jubilee Hills, and Banjara Hills. And when it comes to water supply through tankers, currently, 644 tankers are providing services. On Tuesday, 6593 trips of water were supplied in one day.
Overcoming the challenges
Since the Mission Bhagiratha pipeline, which is being constructed by the Telangana government, has not been completed, water is being supplied from the Godavari drinking water supply scheme. Today also, 149.47 MLDs of water were supplied to Gajwel, Aleru, Bhuvanagiri, and Medchal areas under Mission Bhagiratha. Last year, there was no permission to use water from twin reservoirs. Due to this, only 4 mgd of water was used. At present, 24 MGD of water has been supplied from these reservoirs. The Water Board is planning to use 40 MGD of water in the month of May.
Sunkishala project
The construction of the Sunkishala project is currently going on at a fast pace. The work will be completed soon and will be made available by December this year. Drinking water is being supplied to Hyderabad city through pipelines from all the reservoirs located in distant areas under the jurisdiction of the water board at great expense. Besides, drinking water is also being supplied through tankers in the required areas
