Breach in sand bund threatens to affect water supply.
Salinity
incursion resulted in a nearly 50-minute break in the intake of raw water at
the Aluva water treatment plant on Monday. However, it was learnt that supply
was unaffected as there was enough stored water for treatment.
A
breach in the temporary sand bund built in the last week of December is
threatening to affect water supply with the level of salinity at the Aluva
plant reportedly going up.
Officials
of the minor irrigation department involved in the construction of the bund
said repair work was likely to be completed by Wednesday.
Kerala
Water Authority (KWA) officials told The
Hindu that the salinity level
in the water went up to 310 ppm (parts per million) early Monday.
However,
the level came down soon after water was released from the Bhoothathankettu
dam, situated about 50 km upstream.
About
60 cubic metres per second (cumecs) of water was released on Monday and 30
cumecs on Sunday to ward off the salinity.
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