Even as the water level in Mettur dam has reduces drastically, Salem Corporation officials say that it will not affect the drinking water supply in Salem city in the coming months.
For Salem Corporation, drinking water is supplied through Salem-Mettur dedicated water supply scheme and the Attur-Nangavalli water supply scheme. The city distributes drinking water through 1.2 lakh water connections, including over 1,380 commercial water connection, and 6,970 public taps. Apart from these, there are 3,068 borewell pipes.
On Saturday, Mettur Dam’s water level stood at 37.50 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet. The storage level stood at 10.83 tmc ft against its full capacity of 93.47 tmc ft. Inflow into the dam reduced to 4,524 cusecs from Friday’s inflow of 5,299 cusecs. Discharge from the dam for delta irrigation continued at 6,500 cusecs.
