As of June 21, the water level is over 12 feet below the dead storage level. | Photo Credit: K_Ananthan more-in Three weeks into the South West Monsoon, there is no relief for the Coimbatore Corporation on the water supply front. The water level in the Siruvani Reservoir that used to meet the water requirements of over 20 of the 100 wards remains well below the dead storage level. As of June 21, the water level is over 12 feet below the dead storage level, forcing the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board to pump water to the intake valve. The Board supplies water to the Corporation. The water level has remained that way for over two months now. This is unusual of June, when the Reservoir used to receive copious inflow due to South West Monsoon showers, say Corporation engineers. The poor storage position has resulted in the Corporation drawing very little water. Last year, though, the water level was better in that it was around the dead storage level and the Corporation was pumping 40 - 50 million litres a day. On June 21, 2016, the water level was at the dead storage level and the quantity the Corporation supplied to the city was 40 million litres a day. In 2015, the Corporation was in a far better position in that the water level was over 10 feet above the dead storage level and the quantity supplied was almost close to 70 million litres a day. The impact of the poor storage situation is that the Corporation is forced to divert nearly 20 million litres a day from the main Pilloor reservoir in Ramakrishnapuram to Siruvani-fed wards. This impacts Pilloor-fed areas as well as the number of water days decreases. The Corporation is also supplying water through tankers as well, the engineers say and add but those are to areas that are Siruvani-fed, particularly Vadavalli, Veerakeralam, Kavundampalayam and a few other pockets. It also supplied water through tankers to Kurichi.

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