Groundwater table records dip in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: The groundwater desk in Hyderabad has depleted causing worry. West Marredpally in Secunderabad is the worst affected locality, adopted via Tirumalagiri, also in Secunderabad.
The latest report on the town's groundwater desk via Telangana state groundwater department items a grim scenario. The state of affairs would toughen provided that the city sees a good monsoon.

The water desk in Asifnagar and Charminar has reached the danger mark. There's a slight depletion within the water desk in areas like Ameerpet, Sanjeevareddy Nagar, Erragadda, Khairatabad, and Nampally.

The groundwater department recorded the water desk fall in Marredpally via putting in two piezometers.

Fall in water ranges at Marredpally, Erragadda

The water desk in Marredpally stood at nine.65 metres underneath ground level (BGL) in March this yr as towards 12.85 metres BGL all the way through March 2017. The fall in groundwater desk within the locality is three.20 metres BGL.

In Ameerpet, a hectic industrial space, there's a slight fall within the water desk. In Erragadda, officers recorded groundwater desk at 13.60 metres BGL in March this yr, as towards 18.23 metres BGL all the way through the same duration last yr. The fall used to be steep - four.63 metres BGL.

Thanks to rainwater percolation measures within the Secretariat, the fall in water desk is minimal. The water desk stood at 7.02 metres BGL as towards 7.77 metres BGL in March last yr, the fall being an insignificant 0.75 metres BGL.

The moderate fall in groundwater desk across Hyderabad district ranged between 0.14 metres BGL to three.79 metres BGL.“During 2017-18, the city won an far more than 45%rainfall. So, excluding in some parts of the city, the depletion in groundwater desk is not top,” an official within the groundwater department mentioned.

The fall is top in Marredpally as the residents rely most commonly on groundwater for day by day needs. Only a few areas in Marredpally mandal are coated via tapwater network via Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB).

The water board is supplying tankers to areas the place the tap water network is deficient. But with call for for water going up because of summer, the residents in “gray” water desk areas are faced with severe shortage. Illegal drawl of groundwater via personal tanker providers is also resulting in a steep fall within the water desk.

Water board officers mentioned belongings house owners should construct rainwater harvest pits to preserve rainwater and recharge the water desk all the way through monsoon for use in summer months.ore the onset of monsoon.

The GHMC is also involved within the development of RWH pits at its parks and open areas too. Another main department, HMDA, is also enforcing the plans to construct a variety of RWH pits along side Outer Ring Road (ORR) and their assets, too.

Water Board is also encouraging residential welfare associations (RWAs) within the town and GHMC’s periphery to take in the RWH pits.The state govt is racing towards time to complete 1000's of RWH pits around the town earlier than the arrival of the monsoon.