The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has started operating its tertiary treatment ultrafiltration plant at Nesapakkam on a trial basis and is discharging reclaimed water into Porur lake that would be used for drinking water supply in the city. The CMWSSB officials said the quality of the reclaimed water discharged into the lake during different stages of treatment …
On the periphery of Porur lake, a site belonging to Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board has turned into a dump. Though the site has a board put up by the water board warning trespassers, vehicles have been dumping garbage for several months now, they said. The CMWSSB officials said steps would be taken fence the site after inspection …