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Reservoirs go dry

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, AUG. 3. The city's three major reservoirs, primary source of water supply to residents, have gone virtually dry with monsoon failure in the past two years.

While the storage in the Cholavaram reservoir has dipped to near-zero against its total capacity of 881 million cubic feet (mcft), the reservoir at Poondi had only 3.30 mcft against its capacity of 3,231mcft.

The Red Hills reservoir is also nearly bone dry with a storage of only 43.80 mcft against its capacity of 3,300 mcft. The bed of the three reservoirs is now covered with bushes.

The Chembarambakkam lake, which supplements the water supply, has also gone dry.

With the option of drawing water from the main sources ruled out, Chennai Metrowater is depending only on its wellfields and private wells.

At present, Metrowater supplies about 150 millions litres a day mostly through tankers. A few areas receive water through the pipeline, said a Metrowater official.

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