Bringing much relief to the people of the city, it has been found that the water treated in the plants of Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is fit for public consumption.
The result was announced by the State Public Health Laboratory, after samples of Brahmaputra water were sent for examination.
.After a sudden change visible in the colour of water of the river and the reports of turbidity of the Siang and Brahmaputra rivers going beyond the permissible level, the GMC sent the water samples collected from two water treatment plants of the city to the Public Health Laboratory for ascertaining its quality.
The samples were collected from the Panbazar Water Treatment Plant and the Satpukhuri Water Treatment Plant (WTP) of the Corporation. Apart from this, the GMC has another WTP at Kamakhya.
The water before treatment, however, has gone increasingly muddy with high turbidity, creating a concern about the cause of pollution in the Brahmaputra and its tributaries.