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But we will get the valve repaired soon,” he told TOI. Water from the leak runs through a drain and reaches a lake near Vedapatti, the residents said.Meanwhile, a Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board official promised to rectify it immediately. Coimbatore: Thousands of litres of drinking water is being wasted due to a faulty pressure regulator on a pipeline at Bommanampalayam on Tondamuthur Road.The pipeline, laid six months ago as part of the Thondamuthur Drinking Water Scheme, supplies water from Thekkampatti in Mettupalayam to areas such as Vedapatti.TOI found water gushing from the cover pipe attached to the valve on Monday. The workers left it as it was,” he said.Some people also use the free water to take shower, local residents said, pointing to bits of soap lying near. “We had let it as it was as the pipe helps in releasing excess pressure..