Partial water supply restored after ammonia levels drop

A day after high level of ammonia forced the closure of Wazirabad and Chandrawal treatment plants, partial water supply was restored from both the facilities that serve large parts of the Capital, including Lutyens’ Zone.

Delhi water minister Kapil Mishra, who visited the Wazirabad plant in the morning, said: “25 per cent 

water supply has been restored from both the plants. It will be 100 per cent by evening.”

The plants had to be shut down on the evening of January 19 as level of ammonia touched 2.6 ppm (parts per million), much higher than the safe limit of 0.02 ppm.

Presently, the ammonia content has also considerably reduced up to 1.0 mg/l and 50 per cent pumping has been restored from Wazirabad and Chandrawal plants.