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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION & GREEN BUILDING   DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION AND REHABILITATION



         INCREASING CITY RESILIENCE


          - by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Tamil Nadu







                   ater shortages and droughts have always been a part of Chennai's water history and the city water
                   supply is impacted by the poor North-East monsoon and the dwindling storage of its reservoirs. The city
          Wdoes not have any perennial water source and the city's four main reservoirs are primarily rain-fed and
          are affected by the vagaries of the monsoon. The other two important water sources viz. Telugu Ganga Project
          (Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh) and Veeranam lake (Cauvery Water) are not only dependent on rainfall but
          also affected by political issues.  As part of the drought contingency measure, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply
          and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) had to explore the possibility of augmenting the supply from both conventional and
          non-conventional sources.

          Source diversification is imperative to address the scarcity of the need.  Establishing desalination plants, converting
          abandoned quarries as water reservoirs, promoting wastewater reuse by establishing Tertiary Treatment Reverse
          Osmosis (TTRO)  Plants, conversion of abandoned wells and bore wells into rain water harvesting structures are
          the few alternatives CMWSSB adopted to minimise the water demand-supply gap.


 Grey water recycling


         BACKGROUND:                                           ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIORITIES:
         Chennai is a metropolitan city and the capital of Tamil   Ÿ Making  Chennai  a drought proof city during failure
         Nadu. It has an area of 426 sq km and a population of 7.5   of monsoon
         million.  Chennai  has  a  dense  industrial  cluster  and
                                                               Ÿ Augmentation of additional water source
         ensuring an uninterrupted water supply is vital for their
         viability. While the water sources remained constant, the   Ÿ Introduction  of  Reduce  –  Recycle  –  Reuse  (RRR)
         demand  has  been  steadily  rising.  It  is  increasingly   concept for sustainability
         becoming difficult for the water managers to cater to the
                                                               Ÿ Uninterrupted  supply  of  treated  wastewater  to  the
         growing water demand with the existing water sources
                                                                  industries, thereby facilitating industrial growth and
         alone. The demand-supply gap is 300 to 400 MLD and
                                                                  employment
         hunting for drinking water was a challenge to the citizens
         of the city.                                          Ÿ Reducing over-exploitation of groundwater and avoid
                                                                  sea water intrusion into groundwater aquifers
         KEY DATES:
                                                               Ÿ Reducing  the  stress  arising  due  to  vagaries  of
         Dates      Significance Achievement
                                                                  monsoons.
         (day-month-
         year)
                                                               CMWSSB  is  supplying  potable  water  to  Chennai  city
         25.07.2010  Commissioning of Desalination Plant at Minjur
                                                               from its water treatment plants having a total capacity of
         22.02.2013  Commissioning of Desalination Plant at Nemmeli
                                                               1494  MLD  which  are  located  at  Kilpauk,  Redhills,
         01.10.2019  Commissioning of TTRO Plant at Kodungaiyur
                                                               Chembarambakkam,  Surapattu  and Vadakuthu  and  the
         29.11.2019  Commissioning of TTRO Plant at Koyembedu
 Grey water reuse – Apartment complexes
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