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  • The combined storage of the reservoirs was 5,530 mcft on Friday, less by about 960 mcft than the storage during the corresponding period last year.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • During the same period last year, the storage was 77 mcft.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The annual water yield at the site was estimated to be around 271 mcft of water, of which nearly 88 mcft could be harnessed every year through the construction of the reservoir.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The reservoir will have a capacity of about 35.22 million cubic feet (mcft).

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • For the first time in 10 years, the tank is almost full during summer; storage stood at 1,150 mcft

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • On Friday, the storage level stood at 1,150 million cubic feet (mcft) against its capacity of 1,465 mcft, said officials of the Chennai Metrowater.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The combined storage of the reservoirs stood at 6,866 million cubic feet (mcft) against their full capacity of 11,057 mcft.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • If 150-cft floodwater is released for 20 days or a discharge of 100 cusecs for 30 days, all 52 irrigation tanks in Radhapuram union, having cumulative storage level of 300 mcft, can be filled up and drinking water crisis in this region solved to a greater extent.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • In a memorandum, the association had said that with just 6,000 mcft of Periyar water available in the Periyar-Vaigai system, it would be difficult to get enough water for irrigating the entire 1.5 lakh acres of land.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • Following successive monsoon failures, the State Government issued an order in 1972 declaring that water from Petchipaarai dam should be released in the 26.50 km-long Radhapuram Channel via Thovaalai Channel, whenever the reservoir has the storage of 1,300 mcft on June 16 every year.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

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