Survey on water consumption in city

KOCHI: A survey on the water consumption pattern and number of people
depending on public taps for drinking water will be undertaken soon.
The survey is being planned to generate a baseline data for the 'Water
connection for all' project of the Kochi Corporation, said C.K.
Manisankar, Deputy Mayor of the Kochi Corporation. The Corporation has
promised in its budget to provide piped drinking water connections to
all the families in the city which do not have the connection.
According to the data available with the Corporation, there are 27,996
families in the city who do not have the piped water connection. These
families are banking on the public taps for collecting drinking water
and each family will have to spend up to seven hours for collecting
the water. The civic authorities arrived at these figures using the
data collected by the neighbourhood committees. The administration
needs an authentic and accurate data on the water consumption pattern
and the number of consumers depending on public taps for planning the
project, he said. The Project Engineer and officials concerned have
been asked to complete the paper works for the project.

The Hindu, July 13