Summary of the City
Pune metropolitan region consist of the Pune Municipal Corporation & Pimpri Chinchawad Municipal Corporation. Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation have separate sources of drinking water supply.

Water quality information

Pune City
In Pune city, due to civilization all rivers passing through Pune city becomes a sewage & drainage stream which recharges the ground table of city with contaminated water. The main source of water supply for PMC is Khadakwasala dam. The capacity of Khadakwasla dam is 56 million cubic meters. Khadakwasla Dam is a dam on the Mutha River 21 km (13 mi) from the centre of the city of Pune in Maharashtra. The dam created a reservoir known as Khadakwasla Lake which is the main source of water for Pune and its suburbs.

Pimpri-Chinchwad
For Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Pavana dam is a major source of drinking water. It is constructed in 1972. Intake works are constructed in the river bed 150 meter upstream of the existing Punawale weir near Ravet village. It is six kilometers away from the city. Around 91 percent of the stored water in the dam is utilized for non-irrigation purposes. Drinking water is mainly supplied to the Talegaon, Dehu Road cantonment and Pimpri Chinchwad town ship. Everyday 350mld (51 per cent) raw water is lifted from Pavana dam and supplied to Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal area. Pavana dam has capacity of 241 milion cubic meters.

TDS level & sweetness of the PMC & PCMC water is same like BMC, around 60 ppm. But turbidity level is high due to lake of filtration facilities. In last couple of decades Pune city is expanded like anything, due to insufficient supply of municipal supply. Many societies in Pune partially & fully depend upon ground water.

Recommended Technology: (PMC-PCMC)
UF or UF+UV