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Salinity poses a threat to water supply in city [1]

On Thursday, the water treatment plant in Aluva near here suspended its operations for more than five hours during the early hours of the day after finding a considerable rise in salinity levels that had reached the magnitude of 1,700 p.p.m (particles per million).

A delay in constructing a temporary bund in Purappillykkavu near Paravoor to prevent the intrusion of salinity in the Periyar is po

Publication Date: 
21/01/2011
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [2]
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Kerala [3], Salinity [4], Water Supply [5], Kochi [6], Drinking Water [7], Mining [8]
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