With water inflow into the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur continuing to flow, the surplus water in the Cauvery river, which was 39,000 cusecs on Tuesday, further reduced to 20,000 cusecs on Wednesday.
Water resources department officials said the water flow at 8 am was 20,000 cusecs, while the discharge was stopped through the 16-vent Ellis Saddle Surplus Sluice and 20,000 cusecs was released through the Dam Power House and Tunnel Power House. was.
The water level was maintained at its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 120 ft and storage was also maintained at 93.47 TMC ft. 400 cusecs of water was released through the East-West Bank canals for irrigation.
Meanwhile, the discharge of excess water from the Bhavanisagar reservoir in Erode into the Bhavani river was stopped, while 3,400 cusecs were released into canals for irrigation.
At 11 am, the flow was 3,600 cusecs, while 2,100 cusecs in the lower Bhavani project canal, 800 cusecs in the Arakkankottai and Thadapalli canals, 400 cusecs in the Kalingarayan canal and 100 cusecs in the Bhavani river for drinking water purposes.