Vellakovil City Development Plan - Municipal

City Development Plan for Vellakoil Municipality SMEC India Pvt Ltd
Final Report TNUDP III
b. Service Reservoirs
There are totally 6 over head tanks in the town. The details of the Over head tanks are shown in
Table 5.1.
Table 5.1 Details of OHTs
S.No Location of OHT Capacity (Lakh litres)
1 Salavaiyalar colony 1.00
2 Natesan nagar 4.00
3 Uppupalayam 3.50
4 Municipal office 2.00
5 Theethampalayam 1.50
6 Sivananthapuram 1.50
Total 13.50
Source: Vellakoil Municipality
c. Distribution system
The total length of the existing distribution system is 168 km against a total length of roads
174.50 km.
d. Water Tariff
The monthly tariff and deposits collected for water supply is as follows:
Table No. 5.2: Water Tariff-Deposit Details
Type of connection Deposit amount (in Rs) Flat rate /month (in Rs)
Domestic 3000.00 65.00
Commercial 6000.00 115.00
Industrial 6000.00 105.00
Source: Vellakoil Municipality
ii) Water Supply Demand
The population of the town is projected for the intermediate and ultimate years. The projected
water demand is given in table 5.3
Year Population
Table 5.3 Demand & Supply in Water Supply - Projection
Supply in
MLD
Demand @ 135
lpcd
20
Gap in
MLD
Floating
population
2001 34438 3.0 4.65 1.65 - -
2010 51620 3.0 6.96 3.96 10000 0.20
2025 81873 3.0 11.05 8.05 13000 0.26
2040 112132 3.0 15.14 12.14 17000 0.34
Source: Municipal records, Analysis and calculation
Floating population
demand at 20 lpcd
The present floating population is taken as 10000. The annual increase of 2% is taken for
calculating the projection. The per capita supply of 20 lpcd is proposed for floating population.
The demand of water supply for the above period is calculated at 135 lpcd.
iii) Demand Assessment
The water supply improvement scheme has been prepared by TWAD Board which is awaiting
fund release from Government of India. The issues in water supply are identified and remedial