“Boil water before use,” Board urge citizens

Hyderabad: The fresh inflows of water from Krishna River into the Nagarjuna Sagar dam makes the water quality poor as the raw water turbidity is increased. The HMWSB officials urge the people to boil the water before drinking.
Water Purification As part of the water supply to the Greater Hyderabad city, 270 MGD of treated water is sent without complete purification. It is being supplied by drawing the water from foreshore of Nagarjunasagar, Akkampally balancing reservoir as source.
Boil or Filter The water which is being supplied to the city May appears slightly colored with turbidity. It can be used for any general purposes but for drinking it should be boiled or filtered.
The HMWS&SB had appealed to the citizens to boil and filter the water or use any disinfection method, before consuming the drinking water.
Quality Assurance The Quality Assurance and Testing Wing Board is conducting a special drive to monitor the quality of water by deploying the sample takers in all the O&M Divisions and intensively checking the water quality. Once again it is to reiterate that HMWS&SB is taking all preventive measures to maintain the quality in all aspects of the water supplied in the city.
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