Impact of commissioning of new water filters — Chandrawal WTP surpassed its water production mark of 100 MGD
DJB is rapidly moving towards its goal of providing 24×7 water supply to Delhiites
New Delhi:
The Kejriwal government’s commitment to provide 24×7 water supply to the people of Delhi is reaching new milestones day by day. In a tweet, Water Minister and Delhi Jal Board Chairman Shri Satyendar Jain, highlighted the new record set by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) by producing an all time high amount of water in a single day. The water production rose to a record of 956 MGD (millions of gallons per day) on Monday. He said, “Today, the DJB has achieved its all-time high water production mark of 956 MGD. With the commissioning of new water filters, Chandrawal WTP has crossed its water production mark of 100 MGD. Gradually, DJB is moving towards its goal of providing 24×7 water supply to Delhiites.” Usually, the average daily water production in Delhi remains about 940-945 MGD. There has been a manifold jump in the water production in Delhi and the performance shows the commitment of the Kejriwal Government to provide 24×7 water supply to the people of Delhi.
The new water production feat was made possible because of all 9 Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) working at their peak capacity. These WTPs are situated in Wazirabad, Chandrawal, Bhagirathi, Sonia Vihar, Haider Pur, Nangloi, Dwarka, Bawana and Okhla.
The Delhi Government has introduced quite a few new-age technologies in its Water Treatment Plants. New sand filters in these plants are making a remarkable difference in cleaning and processing water. This has led Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant to cross the water production record mark of 100 MGD compared to 94 MGD recorded earlier. Similarly, Haiderpur WTP recorded a whopping increase to 235.45 MGD of water while the Nangloi WTP recorded an increase to 43.69 MGD. Shri Satyendar Jain said, “Old and obsolete methods are now being replaced with advanced technologies to make the system efficient and robust.”
To increase the water availability in all households of Delhi, the Delhi Jal Board has installed new prefabricated sand filters that have high flow rates. The DJB has further proposed to enhance the capacity of Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant by 9 MGD and Haiderpur Water Treatment Plant 16 MGD in the next 6 months.
DJB is employing new and state-of-art technologies to expedite works that are related to 24×7 water supply projects. Earlier, DJB had developed an in-house technology known as ‘Extraction Wells’ which have a capacity to extract five times more water compared with the conventional tube wells.
The Delhi Jal Board is also working on separate innovative projects to augment water production like ammonia removal plants to eliminate ammonia intoxication, RO plants to handle high total dissolved solids (TDS) and salinity, advance filters and settlers to enhance existing WTP capacity, ultrafiltration membrane to remove advanced pollutants and many more.
The Delhi Government will continue to employ such innovative technologies to ensure increased water production and 24X7 drinking water supply to every household of Delhi.