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The Hindu
5 days ago
- Climate
- The Hindu
Flood warning in Hyderabad as more water released from Himayatsagar reservoir on August 14
Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) on Thursday (August 14, 2025) issued a flood warning, again, as it released more water from Himayatsagar reservoir on the city outskirts. A similar alert was issued over a week ago when Himayatsagar and Osmansagar neared full tank level (FTL). According to an update from the Board issued around 12.20 p.m., nine gates were operated for four feet height to release 12,046 Cusecs of water. The inflows were 20,000 Cusecs. The outflow on Wednesday late night was 1,927 Cusecs with three gates operated. The number of gates operated and the outflow gradually increased as Thursday morning progressed. At noon, the water level in the reservoir was 1763.05 (2.6799 TMC), against the full tank level (FTL) of 1763.50 feet. Meanwhile, in Hussain Sagar of Hyderabad, the water level on Thursday morning was at +513.30 m against the FTL of +513.41m. The inflow was 305 Cusecs and the outflows was 820 Cusecs .
The Hindu
5 days ago
- Climate
- The Hindu
Steady flood continues into Himayatsagar
With incessant rains in the upstream areas, steady flood continued to Himayatsagar reservoir on Wednesday, prompting officials to operate a total of four gates to let water downstream. The water level in the reservoir hovered around the full tank level of 1763.50 feet and officials maintained an outflow of 3,854 cusecs. The reservoir kept receiving about 1,600 cusecs flood. Officials, as at 6 p.m. operated four gates to a height of three feet. Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) Executive Director Mayank Mittal along with senior officials inspected the flood situation at the reservoir and took stock of the gate maintenance and operation. In a separate review, Managing Director K. Ashok Reddy instructed officials to focus on delivering clean and safe water to households and check issues of contamination and sewage overflow. He instructed officials and the emergency response teams to be vigilant and particularly desilt and monitor the 141 water-logging hotspots identified by GHMC and HYDRAA. Officials were also instructed to conduct more quality tests during the period of water supply, and for distribution of chlorine tablets, and use of alum dosages to adjust water turbidity at the water treatment plant level. Mr. Reddy warned people against opening manhole covers for any reason. A criminal act as per the HMWS&S Act, he said violators could be booked. Instead, the Board can reached on 155313 for quick resolution, he advised.
Time of India
28-07-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Sagar nearly full, Uttam to release water today
1 2 Hyderabad: After almost 18 years, water will be released from Nagarjunasagar in July. Generally, the Sagar dam reaches full reservoir level (FRL) of 590 feet in Aug. However, this year, due to good inflows from upstream areas on the Krishna River, the Sagar water level has reached 583 feet, with a total water reserve of 293 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) against the full capacity of 312 tmc ft. Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy would formally open the gates and release water downstream on Tuesday. The irrigation department, through six gates, would release 50,000 cusecs of the total 1.40 lakh cusecs it has been receiving from upstream areas every day. It would help the farmers of both Telangana and AP irrigate about 11 lakh acres in the upcoming kharif season. The AP govt, which controls the Srisailam project upstream of Nagarjunasagar, started releasing water in the past few days. Against the FRL of 885 feet, the present level at Srisailam is 882 feet. Irrigation officials said that for the kharif season, the farmers might require 60-65 tmcft of water. Of the approximately 11 lakh acres in both Telugu states, the ayacut in Telangana is about seven lakh acres under the Nagarjunasagar left bank canal. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad Telangana govt is also happy as the full reservoir level at Sagar would ensure drinking water supply to Greater Hyderabad for the entire year. Generally, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) undertakes emergency pumping to provide water during peak summer as Sagar is now the primary source of water to the city. Of the 590 million gallons per day (MGD), the city gets 490 from Krishna three phases. This year, the water board was under pressure to meet the demand as temperatures started soaring in Feb-March itself.
The Hindu
20-07-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
Hyderabad water board to study feasibility of automating its traditional valves
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) will take up a feasibility study of operating up to 1000 of its various valves using smart technology. Banking on the success registered in the Sanathnagar operation and management division, the Board chief K. Ashok Reddy has instructed officials to chalk out plans to conduct a study on experimental basis. The idea is to set up a control room at the head office and design a system to operate, control, and monitor the valves through a unified system. He said that the technology use should be designed so that the performance of smart meters, quantity and quality of water distributed, as well as billing details, can be linked to this system to improve operational efficiency. The Board operates over 15,000 various big and small valves in the city to supply water to consumers on a daily basis. Of them, at least 35% are operated regularly by linemen in various areas. But a majority of the valves are also on the arterial and other busy and narrow lanes in the city often causing risks to the linemen, who go from field to field to operate. The Board says that certain incidents in the past have also resulted in the loss of life and limb of its linemen. With smart valve technology, valve operation becomes an application-based operation from a phone, through Internet of Things (IOT) communication. Quality of water, quantity supplied, chlorine content, other parameters, and contamination can be monitored in real time on a dashboard. Mr. Ashok Reddy also suggested officials to install smart meters at the reservoir outlets and in areas with bulk connections so that technology can be used to bring every drop supplied into account and help conservation.
The Hindu
19-07-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Hyderabad Water Board to construct 16,000 recharge pits in 90-days to augment groundwater resources
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has decided to take up a 90-day special action drive to construct 16,000 recharge pits to augment groundwater storage in the city and up to ORR limits. Managing Director K. Ashok Reddy on Friday informed that the plan is a direction from Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and is being supervised by Hyderabad district in-charge Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. He along with executive director Mayank Mittal addressed voluntary organisations working in water conservation area and chalked out a collaborative plan. In this scheme, in the first week, NGOs and organisations are tasked to identify suitable areas in the city for construction of recharge pits – injection wells, unused borewells, and rainwater harvesting pits for residential properties and apartment complexes. Following identification, a public awareness campaign is conducted in residential colonies to explain about rainwater harvesting pits, injection wells, and methods to convert defunct borewell into injection borewells. The campaign 'Intiko Inkudu Guntha' is a planned approach to augment groundwater resources and gradually reduce residents' dependence on water tankers for daily needs, particularly in the summer season, officials said. Mr. Mittal informed that the 16,000 new recharge pits will be photographed, geo-tagged, uploaded in a special mobile application and can be monitored on a dashboard to check progress and maintenance from time to time.
