HMWSSB launches 100-day action plan to boost groundwater through RWH pits

The Hyderabad Water Board has launched a 100-day plan to improve groundwater levels by making rainwater harvesting mandatory across GHMC areas. Thousands of households using tanker water have been served notices, while officials aim to cut water shortages through conservation.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) launched a 100-day action plan to boost groundwater levels across the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to the Outer Ring Road through mandatory rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS) on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, HMWSSB Managing Director, K Ashok Reddy, said that the RWHs must be installed in every 200-square-yard house and in every property exceeding 300 square yards within the Water Board’s jurisdiction. He added that the initiative aimed to restore groundwater and reduce reliance on tanker supply. “If every household had a RWH pit, there would be no need for Krishna Phase-4,” he said.

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On Monday, he visited Madhapur with officials to inspect local efforts, praising residents of a 15-flat apartment in Kakatiya Hills for resolving water issues using an injection bore well, which he described as a model for public participation in water conservation.

“As part of the initiative, households booking more than 20 tankers a month have been identified; notices were issued to 16,000 to construct RWH pits and a further 25,000 are to be fitted by next March. A survey of 40,209 residential complexes showed that 22,825 had RWH pits while 17,384 did not,” said an official release.