[1] It gets the water from the sources of rain and seepage of Lower Bhavani Project Canal near Kathirampatti in the western periphery of Erode Municipal Corporation.
Running through the areas of Nanjanapuram, Thindal, Sengodampalayam, Surampatti, Stoney Bridge, Marappalam and by flowing under the Kalingarayan Canal, it pours into River Kaveri near Vendipalayam Barrage.
In the downstream of this Anicut, the canal runs for a length of 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to join river Kaveri.
[3] With the development of city and rapid increase in population, this canal has been highly threatened by various environmental issues like Pollution, encroachments, sinking of drainage, deposition of solid wastes, etc,.
The plant with a capacity to treat 20 million litres/day located in the southern periphery of Erode Municipal Corporation near Solar in Lakkapuram panchayat.