From the pages of The Hindu, June 13, 1974: Corpn. call to citizens to sink filter points
The HinduMadras, June 13: With a further fall in the level of the Red Hills lake owing to paucity of rains, the Madras Corporation authorities have advised the citizens to sink filter points, whereever possible, to augment supply and reduce consumption of water to the barest minimum for purposes other than drinking. The level at the Red Hills on June 11 stood at 6.07 feet above dead storage which represented only 40 percent of the water available at this time last year, when the lake level was 13 feet over the sill level. About 2,400 filter pumps installed by the Corporation are being put to use by the public and about a million gallons of water, which was previously being consumed for washing the mechanical filter beds at Kilpauk Water Works, is being recycled and supplied to the City. Mr. Antony said he would advise all house owners with compounds to sink a filterpoint to guard against a situation when further reduction from the present supply of 35 million gallons a day would become necessary.
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