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Depleting water levels in NS now a concern
With water levels depleting at an alarming pace in Nagarjuna Sagar, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is gearing up for level 2 emergency pumping from Puttamgandi.
Hyderabad: With water levels depleting at an alarming pace in Nagarjuna Sagar, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is gearing up for level 2 emergency pumping from Puttamgandi.
The current water level in Nagarjuna Sagar is 503.9 feet and if the water level depletes below 496 feet, the Water Board would supply 270 million gallons a day from the Krishna River. Officials claimed that if the monsoon doesn't hit by August, about 70 per cent of people would suffer due to water crisis
According to the Water Board official, if the water in Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir reaches below the 510 feet minimum draw down level (MDDL), the water board would pump the water into an open canal in the Krishna basin.
He said from the open canal, the irrigation department would pump the water to Alimineti Madhava Reddy Srisailam Left Bank Canal Project (AMRP) through which it travels 9 kilometres to Akkampally reservoir balancing reservoir and supplied to the city.
And if the water level reaches below 496 feet the water board should use level to emergency pumps which can draw water from 8 kilometres.
