City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 8 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
8 URBAN IINFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVIICES
8.1 WATER SUPPLY
8.1.1 Existing Scenario for Water Supply
As per 2001 census data, population of the Ambur Municipality is 99,624. For the
population of 99,264, the per capita water supply on an average was maintained at
90 lpcd. The present requirement of the town is 89.9 lakh litres per day. The major
sources of water comes from the following
Pachakuppam Head Works
Anaimadugu Source
Nariyampattu Source
The above are the regular sources of water; other local sources include open wells,
bore wells, supplies by municipal Lorries and private contractors. There are about
178 hand pumps and 24 mini power pumps in the municipality. The actual Per
capita supply is 67.1 lpcd.
The tanneries situated around Ambur Town discharges effluent directly into the Palar
River and due to this, water from river Palar has become non potable.
The water supply distribution line coverage is 63% of total municipal roads that is 105
Km.
Table 8-1: Break up of Water Supply Connections
S. No. Type No. of Connections Percentage of Total
1. Domestic 6977 96.00
2. Non-Domestic 247 4.00
Total 7224 100.00
Non-
Domestic
4%
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Domestic
96%
Figure 8-1: Break up of Water Supply Connections
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