Rain is not equal to treated water - TRUE << Municipal water has not flowed for three days and if there isn't any today we're going to see water tankers back on the roads.>>
In Goa water is supplied by the Public Works Department and NOT Municipality. In some areas water was supplied 24 hours, particularly Rural Water Supply areas like Tuem in Pernem. It is not ONLY rain water (raw water), raw water must be harvested. Beside raw water, there must enough capacity to treat raw water. Further, there must enough capacity to store treated water. Also, there must sufficient water distribution networks capacity. And, in case of break-downs there must be inter connection of the water mains or distribution networks i.e. when Assnora Water Treatment Plant breaks down, Porvorim must be able to draw water from Opa Water Treatment Plant and vice versa. It appears that there is NO long term water distribution policy with Goa Government. Further it appears that Engineers design the systems to meet the current demands and at the same time Politicians take decisions to supply water in new areas of their constituencies without consulting the engineers. In fact, Politicians just give orders to PWD engineers. I am living in London for over 20 years and did NOT experience any Water Supply interruption not even for a single day. Just wondering when Goans will reliable 24/7 water supply? Are there any prominent Goans (NOT Politicians and also NOT engineers) having enough dedication and able to take responsibility to have long term plans for water supply, so that Goans can get non interruptive water-supply? Is it the time to privatise Water Supply in Goa? Cip UK -----Original Message----- Daniel F.de Souza Sent: 07 October 2005 14:18 It's not only Porvorim that is facing water shortage. The Port city of Vasco and its surrounding areas have been facing severe water shortage for the last 4 days or so. This morning the department released water for a short duration and the pressure was too low. As I write this, water has just begun to trickle down but once again there is no pressure. I understand there was some technical problems at Selaulim pumping station and pumping could not be done. But, i wonder how many days the PWD will take to fix this problem? Our administration is too busy with the IFFI once again to be bothered with more pressing public utility problems. Will someone please look into the accountability of the personnel in the PWD? Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: Rahul Goswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 1:25 PM > We're already seeing the first water shortages of the busy season in the Porvorim area. Municipal water has not flowed for three days and if there isn't any today we're going to see water tankers back on the roads. > > Contrast this with the fact that the national Met Dept has just issued its end-of-monsoon 2005 briefing which tells us that the Konkan and Goa met division has received 25% more rain than the average until end-September (their data is normal=2,781 mm; actual=3,477 mm). > > Rahul