City Development Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ8 Final Report: Thiruvathipuram Municipality
Table 8-3: Classification of Sources of Water by type in Thiruvathipuram
Location
Total no.
of house
holds
Sources of drinking water
Protected Unprotected
Hand
Tap
Tube well Open Well
pump
Others
Within Premises 4,570 4,180 64 71 237 18
Near Premises 2,768 2,492 94 8 92 82
Away
premises
from
373 254 14 16 50 39
Total 7,711 6,926 172 95 379 139
% of House Hold 89.00 3.00 1.00 5.00 2.00
Source: compiled from Housing and Household Amenities, Census of India 2001
8.1.3 SOURCES AND TREATMENT
Pump House Infilltration well at Cheyyar
The Main source of water supply to Thiruvathipuram Town is from the Cheyyar River.
The people of Thiruvathipuram have to resort ground water or other alternate
sources of supply for the domestic needs.
8.1.4 STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
The existing distribution system comprises of distribution network from the service
reservoirs to the individual house service connections and commercial
establishments which covers 81% of the total road length in the town (50.36 Km).
The existing network system was laid out to cover high dense area with 1.5 hr in the
different parts of the town. At present, the water is distributed for duration of 2 hour
once in 3 days to cover different wards in the town. Table 8.4 shows the water supply
connection details in the town.
Table 8-4: Location of Over Head Tank in Thiruvathipuram Town
S.No Location Capacity L.L
1 Municipal Office Premises 10.00
2 Daily Market 8.00
3 Arani Cut Road 2.00
4 Rajaji Park 1.35
5 East Mada Street 2.00
Source: Compiled from data provided by Municipality, Thiruvathipuram
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