No day passes in the city without a leakage in the drinking water pipeline being reported. Similarly, complaints of sewage water mixing with drinking water are not uncommon here. Piped water supply takes different other manifestations too, like “erratic, low pressure, unequal distribution and supply at odd hours” that makes daily life difficult for many of the residents.

It is common to hear people rue that though the Corporation purifies water to the quality of ‘mineral' water, what the people actually get through their taps on many days is unpotable or of poor quality.