New Delhi, Dec 7 : The Delhi government has constructed 30 ‘Modern Extraction Wells’ that will help deliver purified water — six to eight times more than ordinary wells, and resolve the problem of drinking water in the East Delhi areas.
“The Delhi government has designed and constructed 30 modern extraction wells in the premises of Sonia Vihar Water Treatment Plant.These wells were built as part of a pilot program to test modern technology’s ability to increase water augmentation.Satyendar Jain, Delhi Health Minister, said that they were.
” This pilot project was 100% successful.The Delhi government will now construct 70 more wells in the same premises, spread over 150 acres.Each well has a capacity of supplying 1.2 to 1.6 million gallons of water per day, which is 6-8 times that of a typical conventional well,” Jain said after visiting multiple installations of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) at Sonia Vihar on Tuesday.
‘Modern Extraction Wells’ are those wells from where the water is extracted, cleaned and then supplied to people’s homes.The modern wells built by the DJB have water purification systems.
This will reduce the cost of setting up new treatment plants and allow water to be pumped out and subsequently supplied.According to a Delhi government statement the new well will increase the water supply by 25-30%.
“The new wells are designed so that the groundwater supply will increase by 25-30% during rainy seasons.Ordinary wells have a diameter of 0.3 meter while these new wells have a diameter of 1-1.5 meters and a depth of 30 meters,” it added.
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