Water security for Indore city - ImagineIndore.org

9. As water in many areas are being supplied under low pressure, the practice ofillegal pumping directly from the pipeline should be discouraged and evenelectrical supplies should be shutdown during period of direct supply.10. Some pilot projects may be initiated viz.(i) use of domestic meter in limited areas(ii) pressure monitoring in potential area of heavy leakages (iii) mapping ofdistribution line in a limited area (iv) people’s response in the event of 8 hour and24 hour supply (v) use of water for various purposes by people in different incomesegment etc(vi) to study the reuse of treated waste water(vii) component ofadvanced warning system. the results from these pilot project will be useful formedium term & long term.11. Project preparation for interlinking of various water supply projects should also bestarted.12. Some interim benefits from the ongoing water supply project viz. (i) Narmadawater supply and (ii) Yeshwant Sagar augmentation project should be plannedand provided.13. The ongoing works on Narmada water supply project and Yeshwant sagaraugmentation project should be completed as per schedule.14. Tankers supply is costing the Corporation annually an amount of Rs. 2.80 to 3.5Crores. On the other hand 30% water is lost in transmission /distribution theeconomic cost of which is about 20 Crores. A paltry sum of Rs. 3.50 Crore isspent on maintenance of distribution lines. If the amount spent on water tankers isspent on setting up active maintenance team and leakages are immediatelyrepaired then each 5% reduction in distribution losses will amount to saving ofRs. 3.3 Crores.14.2 Medium term plan for water securityThe plans will be based on the outcome of various pilot project undertaken earlier andwill place the water supply infrastructure on sound management practices. The netavailability of water for Indore city will be as per CPHEO norms and the Narmada watersupply project phase III would have made available more than the adequate amount ofdrinking water. The medium term plan is for the period ending 2024 and variousadaptation strategies are given as under:1. Additional 400 Km or more distribution pipes should be laid to cover completemunicipal area. Plan for laying additional distribution pipes should be kept readyto take care of additional areas coming under Municipal Corporation.2. The 23 overhead water tanks under construction would have completed therebybringing the total capacity of overhead service reservoirs to 153 MLD. Morestorage tanks/sumps would be needed to supply water under adequate pressure.The service network should be designed on the basis of sound hydraulicengineering centered around overhead reservoirs.3. District metered zoning to be achieved for whole city and each zone should bearound a overhead tank and should serve 2000-4000 people.4. Bulk meters should be installed at feasible location in the network like before inletof district metered zone, inlet & outlet of all purification works.5. Bulk Revenue meters should be installed at the inlet of top consumers.41