City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 8 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
Table 8-2: Classification of Sources of Water by type in Ambur
Location Total no. of
house holds
- 50 -
Sources of drinking water
Protected Unprotected
Tap Hand
pump
Tube
well
Well Any other
Within Premises 9,450 6,488 102 520 2,297 43
Near Premises 5,049 3,217 447 661 544 180
Away 3,596 1,060 690 239 552 1,055
Total 18,095 10,765 1,239 1,420 3,393 1,278
% of House Hold 59.49 6.85 7.85 18.75 7.06
Source: compiled from Housing and Household Amenities, Census of India 2001
From the above table, we can easily assess that the most common form of
obtaining water is through taps which accounts for 59.49% of the total households.
Out of all the sources of drinking water, 66.34% accounts for protected sources of
drinking water while unprotected sources account for 33.66%.
8.1.2 Sources
The major sources of water are from the Anaimadugu Source, the Pachakuppam
Head Works and the Nariyampattu Source. Given below are the major regular
sources. Apart from these there is distribution of water by Municipal Lorries and
Private contractors.
S.
No. Source
1
2
3
4
Palar
River
Malata
r River
Open
Well &
Bore
Well
Open
Well &
Name of
Scheme
PachaKuppam
*
Table 8-3: Details of Scheme and Head works
Collecti
on Well
Sarangal 1
Infiltratio
n Well
(Nos)
Sump
capacity
& Motor
Details
1 2 Nil
5 Open
Wells
2.00 LL
20 HP
3250
LPM
18 m
Head
Nariyampattu 1 Nil Nil
Vannandurai
Nil
Anaimadugu Nil
2 Open
wells & 2
Bore
Wells
2 Open
wells & 2
0.30 LL
5 HP
520 LPM
22 m
Head
0.30 LL
7.5 HP
Motors Details
120 H.P
7500 LPM
50 m Head
7.5 HP -3 Wells
750 LPM
20 M Head
3 HP -2 Wells
500 LPM
16 m Head
15 HP
750LPM
53 m Head
3 HP
260 LPM
5 M Head
10 HP
500 LPM
Voyants Solutions Private Limited
Quantity
Pumped
70.00LL
D
43 LLD
9 LLD
4 LLD
4.2 LLD