KWA issues warning against use of hand pumps

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: The Assistant Executive Engineer of Kerala Water Authority (KWA), Kochi Division, has warned people in West Kochi area against using hand pumps and motors to draw water from KWA supply lines in view of the reports of spread of diarrhoea in the area.

A note from the KWA office warned that the use of electric motor or hand pumps could lead to breakage of pipelines and subsequent intrusion of polluted water into the drinking water supply lines.

Besides causing pollution, the practice of drawing water using electrical motors or hand pumps can also lead to obstruction and free flow of water through the supply lines.

The note also said that the KWA strictly adheres to norms for supply of drinking water and that the water being supplied is free or contamination.

However, practices described above could lead to rampant pollution, it warned.

It also warned that if the malpractices continued, the Water Authority would resort to legal measures against those who engaged in such action.
(The Hindu 09/01/06, Monday)