Part1 - Andhra Pradesh Municipal Development Project Website

Comprehensive Planning of Water Supply Service improvements In the following ULBs(1) Ananthapur Municipal Corporation, (2) Chittoor Municipality and (3) Badvel MunicipalityDPR Final – Ananthapur M. C. – Environmentc. Tadakleru HWW: As the town grew, the demand of water increased and water supply wasaugmented by constructing another infiltration gallery in the river Tadakleru. The water is collected ina 3 m (10 feet) dia. collection well and then pumped to the 450 KL capacity ELSR located atGeorgepeta. About 2.04 MLD of water is available from this source. Water is transmitted through a200 mm dia. CI Rising main. The river Tadakleru is flowing on northern side of Ananthapur town.This river is also non perennial and there is no surface flow in the river except during the rainyseason.d. Rachakalva HWW: Another source of water for Ananthapur town is ground water. There is aninfiltration well and two bore wells located by the side of MPR South Canal near 42 km chainage atRachakalva. The infiltration well acts as a collection well. Water from the two bore wells is pumped tothe collection well from where it is pumped to the 910 KL ELSR located at Gandhi Park with the helpof a 250 mm dia. AC Class 10 Rising Main. About 1.63 MLD of water is available from this source.The bore wells become dry when there is no water in the MPR HLC canal. Very low rainfall receivedby this area has resulted in the depletion of the ground water source and a steady fall of the groundwater level. Yield of the bore wells at Rachakalva HWW have reduced substantially over the years.e. R. G. Filter HWW at SS Tank: All the three sources viz, Pandameru, Tadakleru and Rachakalva areunreliable. So in 1981 a water supply scheme with the surface water of HLC canal was constructed.The off take is located at chainage 41.55 km. Regular supply of water from the canal is for a periodof five months (August to December). To meet the requirement of water during the canal closerperiod, there is a Summer Storage Tank popularly known as Ananthapur summer storage tank witha total designed capacity of 1320 ML. The MWL of the HLC is + 336.18 m and the MWL of theSumer Storage (SS) tank is + 338.33 m. Hence, water from the canal cannot be taken by gravity tothe SS tank, therefore pumping is required. Water collects in a Clear Water Reservoir (CWR) ofcapacity 6.5 lakh liters. Total yield of SS Filter is 4.5 MLD of which 50% i.e., 2.23 MLD is available tothe Municipal Corporation. Clear water from the Satya Sai HWW is used to feed the ELSRs atRMHS (500 KL capacity), SBI Colony (1000 KL capacity), Laxminagar (500 KL capacity) and GLSRat Srinagar Colony (500 KL capacity).f. Slow Sand Filter at Satya Sai HWW: In the year, 1999 the Satya Sai Water Supply scheme wastaken up with the financial assistance of Bhagawan Satya Sai Baba Trust based on MPR SouthCanal as the source. Two Summer Storage tanks were constructed viz. one utilizing the AnanthapurIrrigation tank near Bukkayaraya Samudram and another near the Collectorate. The former is usedentirely for supplying water to the rural areas and the latter is used for supplying water to theAnanthapur town along with the S.K. University. Water from the MPR Canal is drawn to an inlet wellby gravity from where it is pumped to the SS tank, which has a storage capacity of 1160.2 ML. Waterfrom the SS tank is pumped to the Slow Sand Filters. There are 6 beds of size 24 m x 12 m of which4 are working and 2 are standby. The rate of filtration is 100 liters per sq. m per hour. The filtratecollects in a Clear Water Reservoir (CWR) of capacity 6.5 lakh liters. Total yield of SS Filter is 4.5MLD of which 50% i.e. 2.23 MLD is available to the Municipal Corporation. Clear water from theSatya Sai HWW is used to feed the ELSRs at RMHS (500 KL capacity), SBI Colony (1000 KLcapacity), Laxminagar (500 KL capacity) and GLSR at Srinagar Colony (500 KL capacity).g. PABR Scheme: The supply of water from the infiltration wells of Pandameru and Tadakleru andground wells of Rachakalva and other bore wells is irregular and unreliable. The water of RG Filtersand SS Filters is not sufficient during the canal closure period. To overcome the problem a newscheme with water of Penna Aohobilam Balancing Reservoir (PABR) as the source was sanctionedunder UIDSSMT. The scheme is under final stage of implementation by the PHED. Construction ofthe intake, treatment plant and transmission mains connecting the WTP and ELSRs are almostcomplete. The construction of 15 ELSRs is also complete. The scheme has been partiallycommissioned and the water is being fed to all existing reservoirs to overcome the acute shortage of24