By S Sundaramoorthy, S Saktheeswaran and A Jayabalan Abstract Chennai Metropolis is a coastal city of Bay of Bengal dependent wholly on monsoons failing about once in four years and limitations of reservoir storages. Import of water from neighboring state is confronted by monsoon failures there. Seawater Desalination plants are functioning but 90 % of operating cost is subsidized. A study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) during the 1980’s and again in 1990’s identified sub- surface storage in the city’s contiguous riverine aquifer extending to a phenomenal 150…
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-CASE STUDY OF CHENNAI METROPOLIS, INDIA
