subject: Chlorine in City Water goes above Safety Mark: [print this page] The metro water board and chennai corporation have appalled health experts by deciding to increase chlorination levels in Public Water Supply to 10 ppm, which is 6ppm more than the safety limit prescribed by the Central Public Health Organisation.
The Knee Jerk reaction of th civic bodies to the recent outbreaks of diarrhoea in many areas ended up being a cure that is wors than the disease. Experts points ut the that an increase in residual Chlorination levels may cause serious health risks such as Stomach disorder related COmplications.
On June 3rd , a joint meeting chaired by corporation commisiioner, rajesh Lakhoni and Chennai Metropolitian water supply and sewerage Board (CMWSSB) managing Director Shivdas Meena was convened to devise a Coordinated Strategy to comeback diarrhoea. The meeting decide to maintain 10ppm (parts per millin) of residual chlorine at water distribution Stations and the following day, superintending engineers instructed the field engineers to comply with the new RC level.Though the civic body claims that the chlorine content would come down nearly to 2ppm when it reaches the tail end, the truth is that most people would have consumed highly chlorinated water by then.
Complaints of Chlorine odour ad frequent Stomach disorder Complaints had been Pouring in at the Ocal Office, field engineers revealed . Though the civic body claims that chlorine content would come down 2ppm. when it reaches the tail end, the truth is that most people would have consumed highly Chlorinated Wtaer by then.
"When the RC level increase to 10Ppm, water loses its palatability and starts to emanate the odour of Chlorine," said noted health activist and DASE Founder G.Ravindranath.
