Chembarambakkam Lake, Kanchipuram
Chembarambakkam
Lake is a lake located near Chennai in Kanchipuram district of Tamilnadu, India, about 40 km from Chennai. It is one of the two rain-fed reservoirs from where
water is drawn for supply to Chennai
City, the other one being the Puzhal
Lake. The Adyar
River originates from this
lake. A part of water supply of the metropolis of Chennai is drawn from this
lake. Chembarambakkam was known as Puliyur Kottam.
It is
one of the 24 kottams (villages) that existed even during the later Chola period in Thondai
Mandalam which had Kanchipuram as its headquarters. The Full Tank Level is
85.40 ft. (26.03 m). The Full Capacity (mcft) of the lake is 3,645
million ft³ (108million m³). The Level of the tank in feet is 75.60 ft.
(23.04 m). However, acute sedimentation has eaten more than 40% of its
water holding strength. There is an ancient Shiva temple located here.
There
are two pipelines existing from the lake's water treatment plant. The existing
pipeline on Poonamallee Bypass Road has the capacity to convey only half of the
530 million litres that can be treated at the plant. In 2012, Chennai Metro
water started evaluating the feasibility of laying a third pipeline with a
diameter of about 2,000 mm from the Chembarambakkam water treatment plant
at a cost of ₹ 650million, which will run parallel to the existing
one for over 6.5 km.
