Summary
New smart water meters will check water quality and tell if there is a leak 🔧.
Rainwater will be collected from roofs to keep the ground from flooding 🌧️.
Key Points
5 points1
The plan costs about 18,000 crore Indian rupees.
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Six zones will each have a single operator responsible for all sewer work.
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Smart meters will have sensors that detect chlorine and pressure.
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All government buildings must collect rainwater to help prevent floods.
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New sewage treatment plants will clean water before it goes back to the river.
New Words to Learn
9 wordssewer
underground pipes that carry dirty water away
metering
measuring how much water is used
infrastructure
the big structures like pipes and machines that help a city work
preventive maintenance
fixing things before they break
geo-tagged
marked with a location on a map
non-revenue water
water that is lost or stolen before the city can charge for it
rainwater harvesting
collecting rain from roofs to use later
groundwater recharge
helping water go back into the underground water supply
crore
a number equal to ten million
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