Water Supply
Water supply information:-
1. Brief Description: At present the Bijapur City Municipal Councial is having a population of 3,26,000Lakhs. Water is being supplied to the city from three sources. There are two main sources of water supply i.e. (i) Butnal Impounding Reservoir pumping water from T.B. HLC which is located at 6 KM from city (ii) Kolar Impounding Reservoir pumping water from T.B. LLC which is located at 15 KM from city. The bulk water supply is being maintained by KUWS and D Board and distribution to consumer point is being maintained by Bijapur City Municipal CouncialFrom these sources 12 MGD of water is being supplied during August to January and 9 MGD of water is being supplied during T.B. Canal closure period i.e. February to July. The distribution of water to the city has been divided into three main zones. (1) Cowl Bazaar Zone (2) Mother Tank Zone (3) Moka Zone And 28 section zones. For details click here. 2. Existing Storage Capacity: (1) Butnal Impounding Reservoir : 12,633 ML (2) Kolar Impounding Reservoir : 710 ML & 523 ML 3. Existing Borewells: Total No. of Borewells fitted within Handpump - Total No. of Borewells working presently - Total No. of Borewells fitted with Powerpump - Total No. of Borewells working presently - 4. Average daily yield from these sources in the past one week - 7MGD 5. Water Supply connections Domestic - 24525 Non-Domestic - 1145 Commercial - 1261 Public Taps - 295
