Improve drinking water quality say residents
Residents of Kavundampalayam Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat-coimbatore have been complaining about poor water quality for the last two months.They say that River Bhavani water quality was poor and it carried an unpleasant taste. The two local bodies have been getting the river water since June 2010 under the Kavundampalayam-Vadavalli Combined Drinking Water Scheme to meet additional drinking water requirement.
K. Kanakaraju, Secretary, Thendral Nagar Makkal Nala Sangam, said water quality had started deteriorating during the rains and had remained so. His enquiries with the officials from the two local bodies and Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board officials revealed that the rain water muddied the area where the river water was tapped and that water quality would improve once the rains stopped.The use of chlorine to disinfect the water had also led to the loss of taste.
To fathom the reason for the fall in quality of water, a few volunteers from Thendral Nagar visited Thekkampatty, near Mettupalayam, from where the TWAD Board drew water from River Bhavani.The spot where the Board drew water was polluted because of water drained out of agriculture fields and waste water discharged from a company. Effluents from a few other industries also passed through the area. The team suggested that the TWAD Board channelize the waste water so as to divert it from the water collection point and also shift the water collection point to the centre of the river bed.
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