Millennium City’s potable water supply to increase by 100 MLD

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) will increase the supply of potable water to residents of the metropolitan city, through the Municipal Corporation, by 100 million litres per day (MLD) in the coming summer season.

GMDA Chief Engineer Rajesh Bansal said the construction work of fourth water filtration unit at Chandu-Budhera Water Treatment Plant (WTP) will be completed in the next 6-7 weeks.

This additional unit will boost the city’s water supply by 100 MLD. Three units having a total capacity of 300 MLD are already functional. With the commissioning of the fourth unit, the total capacity of water treatment will increase to 400 million litres per day.

Earlier, the new 100 MLD plant was scheduled for completion in June 2024, but the deadline was extended to December 2024. It has now been again extended to January 31, next year.

Bansal said the fourth unit, estimated to cost Rs 70 crore, will address the rising demand of potable water in the city to a great extent and narrow the gap of demand and supply.

The GMDA would be in a much more comfortable position to meet the water demand of the newly developed sectors, said Bansal.

This summer, the city’s total water supply was 570 MLD. However, the demand touched 700 MLD, creating a lots of problems and shortages in several areas of the city.

At present, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority supplies 300 MLD of potable water from the Chandu-Budhera and 270 MLD from Basai water treatment plants. The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has recently set up a 66KV power sub-station for supplying uninterrupted power supply to Basai water treatment plant so that it could run in full capacity.

Besides, the MCG also runs 600 bore wells with a total capacity of 100 MLD. Even after supplying water purchased from the GMDA and the bore wells, it falls short of demand during peak summers.

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority has also planned to increase the water treatment capacity by 100 MLD at the Basai plant, which will also help in meeting the rising demands of potable water.

With the city’s water demand projected to reach 970 MLD by 2026, expansion of both Basai and Chandu-Budhera water treatment plants becomes essential.

Plan to increase channel’s capacity

The Irrigation and Water Resources Department of Haryana has planned to restructure the 69.585-km-long Gurugram Water Supply Channel on the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) model to meet the growing demand of potable water in the metropolitan city. It will increase the capacity of this channel to bring more water from the Yamuna to the Basai water treatment plant. However, this project is likely to take 3 to 4 years for completion.