The final state:

The brutal truth is that sewage treatment plants do not have enough capacity to treat all the waste produced by the city. Thus a lot of the sewage material gets dumped into water bodies. This kind of dumping has been happening for almost 3600 different kinds of water bodies. “If at least 10 of our water bodies had been maintained properly, then we wouldn’t be facing the water crisis that we are today. The Korattur Lake, for instance, was handed over to Metrowater to use for drinking purposes. But the contamination of sewage in it rendered it useless for the purpose,” says Jayaram Venkatesan of the Arappor Iyakkam.

The CMWSSB swears to have not been part of such actions though. According to the Board, the pitiable state of Cooum lies solely on the residents near it. Poor sanitation and total disregard for the environment has led to this situation.