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'''Rangil water treatment plant''' is situated on rangil mountain of [[Ganderbal district]] about 21&nbsp;km from commercial centre of [[Kashmir]].<br />
<ref>wikipamia. http://wikimapia.org/13346459/WATER-TREATMENT-PLANT-GANDERBAL-muneer</ref> The water project was inaugurated by [[Farooq Abdullah]] on 15 March 2010 and its cost was estimated as Rs 31 crore.<br />
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==Construction==<br />
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The project was completed by Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) and was handed over to Public Health Engineering department of Kashmir on the same day.<ref name="greaterkashmir">{{cite web | url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2010/Mar/15/cm-to-inaugurate-rangil-water-project-today-81.asp | title=greaterkashmir | accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref> The main aim of the project was to provide fresh drinking water to the people of [[Srinagar]]. The construction company under Rangil water supply project has liad 51.63&nbsp;km long pipeline which has been tested for efficiency across the city .<br />
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==Features==<br />
The filtration plant has water storing capacity of 10 MGD (million gallons per day). The water in the plant comes from [[Sind River]] which runs through the heart of [[Ganderbal district]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ganderbal.nic.in/About.html | title=Rangil water treatment in Ganderbal district | accessdate=21 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423044143/http://ganderbal.nic.in/About.html | archivedate=23 April 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The water treatment plant is also installed with electromagnetic and mechanical flow meters at the control room of the plant and at bifurcation points to regulate [[water supply]] as per demand.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/2010/Mar/15/cm-to-inuagrate-rangil-water-project-today-81.asp | title=Electromagnetic and Mechanical flow meters | accessdate=31 October 2014}}</ref><br />
==Treatment process==<br />
The water entering the plant at the first place undergoes screening and after that [[alum]] is added to aid [[sedimentation]]. The setter water enters 10 filtration units from where it is transported for disinfection using chlorine in disinfection unit. The water thus obtained is stored in storage reserviours for supply purposes.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Gallon|1 Gallon=3.785 Litres]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
[[Category:Ganderbal district]]<br />
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