HYDERABAD: Blessed with bountiful rains this monsoon, several areas across the city have witnessed a healthy rise in the water table for the second consecutive month in August. “The water table rose by 1.87 metres when compared with the status in July,” the latest groundwater table report stated.
The Hyderabad groundwater department measures water levels from 20 locations in city where piezometers have been placed.
With regard to the cumulative rainfall, officials said that between May 1 and August 28, Hyderabad district received 533.8mm rainfall against the normal of 467.1mm for the period. Bahadurpura, Charminar, Himayatnagar, Nampally, Saidabad, Khairatabad and Marredpally have seen a rise of groundwater table between 0.13m and 0.45m, while Tirumalagiri in Secunderabad witnessed a sharp rise of 1.87m.
The water table however dipped in Ameerpet by 1.13m and in Asifnagar it fell by 0.5m. “We are hoping that in the next couple of months there will be an appreciable rise in the groundwater table in Hyderabad and Secunderabad,” a groundwater department official said.
