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Water supply will be disrupted in Adyar, Perungudi and Sholinganallur – Chennai, India

DME GmbH — Mon, 06 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000

The supply of drinking water will be disrupted in 3 zones from April 30, 9 am to May 1, 9 am due to the maintenance work at the Nemmeli Desalination Plant which processes 110 MLD seawater everyday.

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Minjur desalination plant to undergo maintenance from Jan 26-28: CMWSSB – Chennai, India

DME GmbH — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The 100 MLD desalination plant located at Minjur will be undergoing maintenance work from 26 January at 10 am to 28 January at 10 am, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board said on Tuesday.

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Nemmeli desalination plant to start operation in April – Chennai , India

DME GmbH — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Another official said Chennai’s water demand stood at 1,400 MLD while the supply was 1,060 MLD. To bridge this gap, it was imperative to identify additional sources. That is why the third desalination project is being carried out in Nemmeli.

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Chennai’s fourth desalination plant construction to begin in January – India

DME GmbH — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000

The ₹5,000-crore plant with a capacity to treat 400 million litres of water per day is coming up at Perur and is expected to be ready by July 2026.

Work in progress

Meanwhile, work on the third desalination plant of 150 mld capacity coming up on 10.5 acres of land at Nemmeli is apace. Officials said about 60% of the work has been completed so far. Of the 23 treatment units, construction of 18 structures is in progress.

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Nemmeli plant shut for maintenance, water supply takes hit in Chennai – India

DME GmbH — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000

The two zones require 45 million litres per day (MLD) of water, and receive 38 MLD, of which 28 MLD are supplied from Nemmeli desalination plant and 10 MLD from Veeranam, officials said. “In the last six months, the Nemmeli plant was shut for maintenance often.

With the Nemmeli desalination plant shut for maintenance, people in parts of Perungudi and Sholinganallur zones haven’t had water supply for nearly a week. They said they are forced to buy water from private suppliers as the plant is being closed every month.

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