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“With Delhi facing an acute shortage of water, experts have suggested mixing saline water, abundantly available in several parts of the city, with fresh water to tide over the increasing gap between demand and supply.
“According to rough estimates, the national capital requires 3,324 million liters of water a day (MLD), while the supply is nearly 2,034 MLD. Average water consumption in Delhi is estimated at 240 liters per capita per day (lpcd), the highest in the country.
“Delhi receives its water mainly from river Yamuna, rains, Bhakra storage and Upper Ganga Canal.
“According to the latest report of Central Ground Water Board on the state of ground water in various Indian cities, ground water exploitation has not only resulted in depletion of fresh ground water resources but also gradual “invasion” of brackish water (that has more salinity than fresh water but not as much as sea water) into fresh water aquifers.
“Thus it has become eminent to explore the brackish water areas located within shallow or water-logged areas to promote the scientific management and proper planning for exploitation of brackish water which is the only effective controlling method of spreading brackish water front,” the report says.”
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