Hyderabad: The Telangana Government has urged the Krishna (KRMB) River Management Agency to take only 20% of water drawn for the purpose of drinking water to calculations while considering the use of state water.
The government said it was looking for the allocation of the use of 15 TMCF (with 75 TMCFT passion) on domestic water requirements for the projected population of up to 2051.
“According to the Water Dispute Krishna, Tribunal (KWDT-1) clause VII from the final order, only 20% of Setya was made For drinking water must be counted as consumptive use.
The Central Air Commission, in the reassessing of water availability research in India, has considered the consumptive use of domestic water as 15%, “IN engineer-in-chief (irrigation) C Muridhar said in a letter aimed at KRMB chairman Thursday.
In the letter, the government said with the aim of providing drinking water for all, the Bhagiratha mission scheme was taken.
Water is withdrawn from all old sources and the goal is only to maintain the minimum withdrawal level to ensure that water will be withdrawn only for drinking requirements below that level.