Unexpectedly high rainfall was a reason for high water levels in the dam.
But despite high rainfall and numerous water sources, many districts in Kerala including Palakkad face scarcity of clean drinking water.
The 52m high Mullaperiyar dam situated in Kerala is one such dam with years of repair behind it.
With the floods, the situation has only been aggravated.
About 80 per cent of drinking water needs are sustained by groundwater.
Quite evidently rainfall is the main source for increasing groundwater levels but is also found to impact deeper aquifers.
If systems are in place, the thus collected water can be sent to the processing facilities.
Adoption of community-based watershed management systems can also greatly help along with encouraging the recycling and reusing of water.
It has been forecasted that in the coming years water scarcity will reach dangerously high levels.
Abundance of water in the state could mean that water once processed could even be exported as a precious commodity to other states in the country.