Nagpur: Following TOI report 'Huge quantity of water goes waste' on November 9, Orange City Water, the agency appointed to maintain and operate NMC's water supply network, on Thursday started work on plugging leakages in Juni Mangalwari road under Mahdibagh railway overbridge and Khairipura level crossing.
An OCW spokesperson told TOI that a big leakage was found on 600mm feederline on Thursday morning. "OCW is also taking emergency shutdown of this line which will affect drinking water supply of one Binaki and two Bastarwari overhead tanks. The work to plug the leak was going on 'war footing', he said.
Residents of the locality too expressed happiness after the OCW started the work.
OCW figures reveal that on an average, OCW attends 33 complaints of pipeline leakages per day. Between January 2013 and November 8, 2017, it has plugged over 59,247 leaks in pipelines across the city. Most leaks — 49,434 — were in residential service connections followed by 4,984 on main pipelines and 4,649 on main accessories. Apart from loss of treated water, leaks also lead to contamination of water.
Dharampeth zone had the highest number of leaks (8,427) followed by Hanuman Nagar zone (6,979). These figures assume greater significance, as TOI has been regularly carrying reports about the problem of treated water going down the drain through leaks and water contamination prevalent in the city.
Even though OCW claims to have plugged leakages in thousands, more than half the city's water supply just disappears. The civic body is currently billing for only 300 MLD (million litres per day) as against a supply of 640-660 MLD. Expenditure on water works is around Rs193 crore per annum while income is only Rs122 crore.
"Leakages are a major cause of water contamination as sewage water generally enters pipelines during non-supply hours. By aiming to plug the leakages, we are looking at reducing contamination," stated a senior officer from NMC's water works department.
The OCW spokesperson said they have a technical team from operation and management department that generally patrolled the city during supply hours. "If they come across any leakage, they undertake the plugging work," he claimed. Apart from this, other source of information regarding leaking pipelines are vigilant citizens, corporators and media persons.
The spokesperson claimed that no leakage complaint was kept pending. About the colossal wastage of treated water from the road below Loha Pul since last many years, he said they would plug the leakage there soon.
An OCW spokesperson told TOI that a big leakage was found on 600mm feederline on Thursday morning. "OCW is also taking emergency shutdown of this line which will affect drinking water supply of one Binaki and two Bastarwari overhead tanks. The work to plug the leak was going on 'war footing', he said.
Residents of the locality too expressed happiness after the OCW started the work.
OCW figures reveal that on an average, OCW attends 33 complaints of pipeline leakages per day. Between January 2013 and November 8, 2017, it has plugged over 59,247 leaks in pipelines across the city. Most leaks — 49,434 — were in residential service connections followed by 4,984 on main pipelines and 4,649 on main accessories. Apart from loss of treated water, leaks also lead to contamination of water.
Dharampeth zone had the highest number of leaks (8,427) followed by Hanuman Nagar zone (6,979). These figures assume greater significance, as TOI has been regularly carrying reports about the problem of treated water going down the drain through leaks and water contamination prevalent in the city.
Even though OCW claims to have plugged leakages in thousands, more than half the city's water supply just disappears. The civic body is currently billing for only 300 MLD (million litres per day) as against a supply of 640-660 MLD. Expenditure on water works is around Rs193 crore per annum while income is only Rs122 crore.
"Leakages are a major cause of water contamination as sewage water generally enters pipelines during non-supply hours. By aiming to plug the leakages, we are looking at reducing contamination," stated a senior officer from NMC's water works department.
The OCW spokesperson said they have a technical team from operation and management department that generally patrolled the city during supply hours. "If they come across any leakage, they undertake the plugging work," he claimed. Apart from this, other source of information regarding leaking pipelines are vigilant citizens, corporators and media persons.
The spokesperson claimed that no leakage complaint was kept pending. About the colossal wastage of treated water from the road below Loha Pul since last many years, he said they would plug the leakage there soon.
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