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- The Kerala Water Authority is refurbishing the Maradu water treatment plant to raise its daily production capacity from 100 MLD to 120 MLD.
- The additional 20 MLD of water will serve Maradu municipality, Kumbalam, Kumbalangi and Chellanam panchayats and the West Kochi area, where water shortage is continuing.
- The ADB-funded project includes laying a new 1,000-mm HDPE pipeline over 5.2 km from Malekkadu to Maradu, since the existing pipes limit how much water can be carried from the Pazhoor pump house.
- The refurbishment, which is expected to take a year, also involves converting all 16 filter beds to dual-layer filter media and replacing an old pump set at Pazhoor.
- Separately, a ruptured KWA pipeline at Perandoor disrupted supply to hundreds of houses in Perandoor, Elamakkara and Punnakkal after drilling for an underground cable, and permanent repair work was scheduled for Wednesday night.
What to watch next
- Administrative sanction for the refurbishment project, which currently has only financial sanction.
- Progress of the new 1,000-mm pipeline and filter bed upgrades over the one-year project timeline.
- Whether the permanent repair of the Perandoor pipeline holds and pumping to the affected areas continues uninterrupted.
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Seena Gokulan
councillor, Division 27
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“Pumping has resumed, but it requires a permanent solution, and additional work needs to be carried out. This will have to be done without affecting pumping to these areas”
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…Road at Perandoor, Elamakkara, ruptured on Tuesday night. Hundreds of houses were impacted by the pipe burst, said Seena Gokulan, councillor, Division 27. According to her, temporary repair work was carried out. “ Pumping has resumed, but it requires a permanent solution, and additional work needs to be carried out. This will have to be done without affecting pumping to these areas ,” said Ms. Gokulan. According to her, the pipe burst after a private party tried to lay an underground cable, with drilling work leading to the rupture of the water pipeline at four locations. A KWA source said the…
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