Chennai: "Proud to drink the treated water from India's first Tertiary Treatment Plant (TTRO) in Chennai", tweeted Minister for Municipal Administration S.P.Velumani on Tuesday during the inauguration of Tertiary Treatment Reverse Osmosis (TTRO) plant in Kodungaiyur, Chennai on Tuesday.
Chennai: "Proud to drink the treated water from India's first Tertiary Treatment Plant (TTRO) in Chennai", tweeted Minister for Municipal Administration S.P.Velumani on Tuesday during the inauguration of Tertiary Treatment Reverse Osmosis (TTRO) plant in Kodungaiyur, Chennai on Tuesday.
The Rs. 348 crore TTRO plant with a capacity to treat 45 MLD water was formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Edapadi K Palanisamy on Tuesday.
Minister SP Velumani who was present at the occassion drank a cup of the treated water and left everyone astonished. The Minister later tweeted in Tamil that "The moment we realise that water is precious and priceless, the respect for water increases multifold. Proud to drink the treated water from India's first Tertiary Treatment Plant (TTRO) in Chennai."
The 45 MLD TTRO plant will supply treated wastewater to the industrial units. The water will also be available for the citizens for drinking purposes.
"The treated water is fit for drinking as it has a total dissolved solids (TDS) level of 70 while the normal drinking water has a TDS of about 250", according to an official reported in TNM.
The Rs. 348 crore TTRO plant with a capacity to treat 45 MLD water was formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Edapadi K Palanisamy on Tuesday.
Minister SP Velumani who was present at the occassion drank a cup of the treated water and left everyone astonished. The Minister later tweeted in Tamil that "The moment we realise that water is precious and priceless, the respect for water increases multifold. Proud to drink the treated water from India's first Tertiary Treatment Plant (TTRO) in Chennai."
The 45 MLD TTRO plant will supply treated wastewater to the industrial units. The water will also be available for the citizens for drinking purposes.
"The treated water is fit for drinking as it has a total dissolved solids (TDS) level of 70 while the normal drinking water has a TDS of about 250", according to an official reported in TNM.