The population of Muktsar Town as per Census 2001 is 83655 Persons and the present population of year 2006 based on increment @ of 1.228% per year censes to 88791 persons. The prospective population for the next 15 years i.e. up to the year 2021 is taken as 106549 persons based on 20% increase on the present population & 30 years prospective population i.e. up to the year 2036 taken as 119868 parsons based on 35% increase on the present population. The water supply system is designed on 40 gallons (182 ltrs.) per capita per day. A railway line passes through the Muktsar town divides it in two parts. The existing water works in on the southern side of the town. 64.49% population of the town lives in this area and 35.51% population lives across the railway line i.e. on the Northern Side of the Town. The water in sufficient quantity and pressure do not reach across the railway line area. More over the present water works does not have any space to accommodate any new S&S tank/filtration plant. Hence the water supply scheme of the town is proposed to the design by dividing the town in two areas namely the Southern & Northern area  based on the topography of the town. The Southern side of the town would be served by the existing Water Works on Kotkapura Road and the Northern side of the town i.e. areas across the Railway line would be served by a new water works proposed at Guru Har Sahai road for which a land requirement of 10.60 acres has been worked out. This land has  to be acquired. The provision of this has been made in the estimate. The population has been worked out to calculate the water needs of respective areas i.e. Northern and the Southern area of the town and accordingly the provisions has been made for the S&S tanks. filtration plant & distribution network for respective areas.

For the Southern Side of the Town

                        The proposed filtration capacity of the Southern side of the Town based on population of the year 2021 i.e. 68713 persons comes out to 2.75 MGD. Where as there already exist filtration plants of total 3.1 MGD capacity. Thus the existing water work is sufficient to meet the ultimate requirement of designed population of year 2021. Hence no provision of filtration plant is taken in this estimate. However provision of one No S&S tank has been taken in the existing water works to full-fill the storage requirement of prospective population (based on 30 years). To distribute the water with sufficient pressure in the existing abadies 14484 mtr. lines has been replaced and 28351 mtr. lines has been proposed along with construction of one No. OHSR of 300 cum. This is in addition to the existing pipe line & 3 Nos. OHSR of 227 cum at water works, 908 cum at Dushera ground and 454 cum at Abohar Road respectively

For Northern Side of the Town

                        A new water works has been proposed at Guru Har Sahai road to Cater to the need of this area. The Canal water to this water works would be taken from Muktsar minor which is running at a distance of 100 mtr. from the new water works site to be acquired. An outlet of 23250 K. ltrs. per day capacity with 600mm i/d RCC piped inlet channel has been proposed for this purpose from Muktsar minor. The proposed population of year 2021 of this area comes out to 37836 persons for which a rapid sand filtration plant of 1.50MGD has been purposed in the new water works area. which would also include S&S tank of 73500 K. ltrs. ( based on 30 years population ) and clear water tank of 1725 k. ltrs. capacity. one No. Pump chamber to house the raw water as well as clear water pumps. The rating of two No.  raw water pump is 7200 LPM of 12 mtr. head (1 working + 1 stand by) and 2 Nos. clear water pump sets of 6200 LPM 50 mtr. head for 908 cum capacity OHSR which already existing in this area (1 working + 1stand by) and 2 Nos. clear water pump sets of 1100 LPM 40 mtr. head for 150 cum capacity OHSR proposed to be constructed at Tibbi Sahib road(1 working +1 stand bye ). New pipe line 6951 mtr. has been proposed & 4599 mtr. existing pipe line proposed to be replaced with different sizes to have equitable distribution of water to different areas of this side of the town.