If you want to sink a new borewell in your house/ flat complex, you won’t have to run around Metro water places of work to be aware of the groundwater degree in your area.
All groundwater desk degrees in the metropolis are simply a click away, thanks to the branch putting in digital groundwater degree recorders (DWLR) at 200 spots in core areas of the city.
The gadgets can supply groundwater degrees right away and the statistics from the recorders is processed by way of the Metro water and made reachable for the public to get entry to on its site, stated an official.
Before the setup of the recorders, the Metro water authorities used to gather facts manually via measuring stage of precise wells in the city. The facts were once then compiled at the quilt of each and every month and released.
With the new devices, one can get entry to the information whenever as a substitute of having to wait a month to comprehend the groundwater level, the reputable said.
Welcoming the move, hydrogeologist J Saravanan said the new recorders can grant hourly, weekly, fortnightly and month-to-month data, which will be of first-rate help. “The information can be effortlessly accessed with the aid of each person having a smartphone. It is a very beneficial and accurate initiative,” he said.
Saravanan additionally brought that this is the first step closer to studying the city’s groundwater desk and its management. “Under the guide system, if it rains in the first week of a month, due to the time taken to collect, analyse and release the data, it used to be challenging to quantify the have an effect on of showers on the groundwater table. Now, the outcomes will be immediately and greater accuracy,” he added.