Major City Reservoirs Receive Copious Inflows

The combined storage of the four waterbodies stands at 4,091 million cubic feet currently

- K. Lakshmi

Heavy rains over the weekend brought copious inflows into the four major waterbodies that cater to the drinking water requirements of the city.

Though the rains reduced by Monday morning, the reservoirs are continuing to receive a steady inflow from their catchment areas. The combined storage in the four city reservoirs stood at 4,091 million cubic feet against their capacity of 11,257 mcft. Last year, on the same day, the lakes had a total storage of only 1,694 mcft.

Officials of Water Resources Department said nearly 806 mcft of water was added to the storage of the reservoirs in the past two days. The storage in the waterbodies has gone up by 10% due to the rain spell.

Heavy inflows