Chapter 6
Infrastructure

6.1WATER SUPPLY

 6.1.1Source of Water

The source of water supply in the city is mainly surface water. The river Yamuna is the only surface water source, which enters the town from northeast corner, flow towards south of the city for some distance and then turns towards left.

There is extreme shortage of raw water in the river Yamuna during summers, the lowest discharge has been observed as 101.7 mld. Out of this discharge the average summer drawl of raw water is of the order of 99 mld. Due to high pollution level in Yamuna water the demand of drinking water of Agra, which is presently 142 cusecs and projected to be 276 cusecs in the year 2036 could not be met from this source. Foreseeing the shortfall in River Yamuna, the Central Govt. has earmarked 140 cusecs raw water for Agra and 10 cusecs from Tehri reservoir. This 150 cusecs raw water will be conveyed upto Palra fall of Upper Ganga canal through its system and then it has to be brought to Agra. this will meet the raw water requirement upto 2011 by which raw water quality in Yamuna river is expected to improve considerably and further requirement will be met again from the river.

Table: 6.1- Demand of Ganga and Yamuna water in various years