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Close monitoring of chlorine content in drinking water [1]

COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation has stepped up the monitoring of the chlorine content in drinking water in view of the North-East Monsoon.

Norms mandate 2 mg of chlorine in the tail-end areas of distribution, while the main service reservoirs (or overhead storage tanks) should have 5 mg.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2009
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Water Quality [3], Drinking Water [4], Drinking Water Standards [5], Water Supply [6], Tamil Nadu [7], Coimbatore (D) [8]
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