Jamshedpur, Sept. 2: The Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited (Jusco), a Tata Steel subsidiary, is going all out to ensure that the steel city residents get uninterrupted supply of clean and pure drinking water.

Jusco officials said the company had procured state-of-the-art pump sets from a firm in Denmark and installed them to make the project successful. ?These pumps will run and stop automatically according to the amount of water required by the consumer,? the officials said.

They also pointed out that the pumps were fitted with a sensor system that judged the water pressure in the pipe, and pumped water accordingly to maintain the required pressure. If the pressure in the distribution network reduces, these pumps would start pumping in more water to attain the pre-determined pressure throughout the network, they added.

Officials said the aim behind providing world-class equipment in the water distribution projects was to provide the residents pure and clean water, whose quality should be better than the standards set by the Bureau of International Standards (BIS) and World Health Organisation (WHO).

Officials, however, refused to comment on the issues such as the make of the pumps, their internal capacity and costs.

The total cost of the water distribution project, which is entirely financed by the residents of the steel city, is estimated to be around Rs 3.6 crore. About 3,000 holdings/flats are expected to participate in the project, in which the contribution of an individual would come to about Rs 9,000.

So far, 1,700 members have contributed to the scheme by paying an advance of Rs 5,000, and would pay the balance in six equal instalments along with the water bill after the distribution begins. The approximate length of the water distribution network is 30 km.

This network has the capacity to supply drinking water to 4,000 holdings, including 27 flat complexes.

According to the officials, about 25,000 people stand to benefit from these water pumps, which would distribute approximately 5 million litres of water every day.