The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will undertake upgradation of Panjrapur water treatment plant loacted near Bhiwandi in Maharashtra. Panjrapur water treatment plant will be modernised and new equipment will be installed at the processing centre for water treatment.
To maintain the quality of water the old equipment at the plant will now be replaced with new one. The water processed at this centre is supplied to Mumbai via the reservoirs at Yewai in Thane.
About 55 percent of Mumbai’s total water is supplied through this water processing centre. The contract for supply of the equipment for the water purification plant will be given to Atlanta Industrial Corporation at Pise Panjrapur. The estimated cost of the equipment will be Rs 1,08,58,000.