Drinking water crisis in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh due to rise in demand

30 towns of states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are moaning in the thirst of drinking water as the water levels have dropped to the alarming level of 64 tmc feet in the two major reservoirs of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar. The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has allocated only 4 tmc water against the requirement of 5 tmc feet water to extinguish thirst of about one crore people in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits.

Every town has the dependency upon the fresh inflows in the left and right canals of Nagarjunasagar which is further dependent upon both sides of river Krishna. The release of water from Nagarjunasagar got delayed as there was no water release from Srisailam dam. Agriculture demand has also risen due to the ongoing Rabi season and farmers have also started disporting water in every manner they can.

On January 10, 2017, there was a shortage of 6.16 tmc feet water from the total available water as stated by KRMB officials. While AP claims that it had utilised 39.75 tmc, and Telangana got 19.5 tmc in the month of December. However, the attempts to curb the crisis can be made by introducing Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) and Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) on the large scale. The recycling of waste water became a necessity to tackle the drinking water crisis.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/30-t-ap-towns-face-drinking-water-crisis-as-demand-rises/articleshow/56530094.cms

wastage of water goes on unabated

Gurgaon: The Huda had notified on Sunday that in the wake of acute water shortage, an FIR would be lodged against anyone wasting water in the city. But, residents in many parts of the city were found violating the order and wasting water by washing vehicles or watering gardens.

"When I was leaving for work on Monday morning, I saw that huge amount of water being wasted for washing cars and watering the plants in our locality," said Vaibhav Rastogi, a resident of Sector 56.

Source – TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Wastage-of-water-goes-on-unabated/articleshow/51202406.cms

sewage and dirty water from resorts and colonies being directly dumped into sea

VISAKHAPATNAM: Instead of beach beautification, prominent Vizag beaches are turning obnoxious with every passing day. After garbage and litter and direct disposal of sewerage into sea at the RK Beach area, now, untreated sewerage and dirty water from resorts and colonies are being directly dumped into the sea stretch from Rushikonda to Sagarnagar.

Trenches have been dug for the purpose by a resort at Rushikonda Beach and by the Sagarnagar colony residents at Sagarnagar beach for the purpose. This has become a major turnoff for tourists, especially foreigners who like to go surfing at Rushikonda in that particular area. Besides, water pollution is also endangering the lives of fish and other aquatic creatures.

A few days ago, regular beach goers noticed a trench being dug in front of a private resort adjacent to the Coast Guard office. Soon dirty water and sewage started flowing into the sea barely 100 metres away. Sources from the Waveriders Surf School said since July 9, the trench was being dug and sewerage from the private resort was let into the sea directly.

Source – TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Sewage-dumping-rampant-on-beaches/articleshow/48077886.cms

water shortage in villages of banaskantha

Palanpur: Water supply to as many as 139 villages of Banaskantha district and municipal areas of Ambaji, Vadagam and Palanpur will be suspended for next 3-4 days due to the ongoing work on the water pipeline in Danta taluka about 60km from here. The supply to these areas was suspended from Friday morning.
"Connection work from old to new underground water storage is over. However, connectivity work is going on at Amba Ghat of Danta taluka," said executive engineer water supply and sewerage board of Palanpur MD Thakkar.

Sources at Palanpur said the old underground storage tank with 40 lakh litre of storage capacity is being replaced with the new underground water tank with 60 lakh liters of storage capacity.

Source – TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/No-water-in-139-villages-of-Banaskantha/articleshow/51274963.cms

sewage toxifying ground water

HYDERABAD: The recent spate of moderate to heavy rains in the city may have boosted the groundwater levels by at least half a metre, but a new report reveals that the water thus recharged is highly contaminated with fluorides, nitrates and large quantities of iron.

A report on the state's groundwater profile by the Central Groundwater Board (CGWB) says harmful chemicals are present in the water beyond the permissible limits. "It is bad news for the people as the report mentions a rise in the nitrate levels in the water. The basic source of nitrates in water sources is from sewerage, which seeps from improperly built septic tanks," Dr Shakeel Ahmed, chief scientist, National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), told TOI.

Source – TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/Groundwater-turning-toxic-with-sewage/articleshow/49020804.cms