THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Is the water that you drink and use for cooking clean and free of germs? The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) says it is. The government agency is taking extra-care to ensure the quality of drinking water supplied to Thiruvananthapuram city, KWA managing director Ajit Patil has said.
As much as 297.5 million litres of water is supplied to the city from the water purification plants in Aruvikkara, which have a capacity of 72, 74 and 86 million litres a day (MLD), and the 36 and 29.5 MLD plants at Vellayambalam and PTP Nagar. The chief source of drinking water for the capital city is the Karamana river.
The water collected from the river undergoes a phased purification process including aeration, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and chlorination before being supplied to the public, Patil said. Once chlorination is over, the water is completely free of germs. This water is collected in the tanks and supplied to the city. The KWA is making sure that the water supplied has the prescribed level of chlorine in it, Patil said.
Recently there have been several media reports questioning the quality of drinking water supplied to the capital city. The KWA had come out with a clarification following these reports, Patil said.