Better Water Management

Better groundwater quality in cities requires an underground sewage network and its timely treatment and usage. Outskirts of BBMP limits in Bengaluru are yet to be covered by a sewage network, though plans are underway.

After 10 years of Bengaluru expanding to be ‘Bruhath’, the plan to provide water for all newly included villages is yet to materialise. How long before Cauvery water reaches all areas?

Bengaluru has been projected as a city that will run out of water. Will this really happen? What water-safety measures does the city have in place? Water expert Vishwanath decodes the issue.

Popular imagination of a lake has pristine blue water, walking tracks and jogging tracks. But in Bengaluru the ideal image of the lake isn’t practically possible.

Apartment dwellers do not want to hinder the efforts to save lakes. However retrospective STPs are not going to work, say apartment owners.

Most STPs in Bengaluru are dysfunctional due to many reasons including use of inappropriate technology, incorrect design, faulty engineering, poor operation and maintenance.

With the retainer wall near storm water drain demolished by BBMP, people are left in lurch as water from the drain wreaks havoc in this layout.

After the 2016 floods, BBMP started the demolition drive to clear drain encroachments, and followed it with a plan to remodel Bengaluru’s stormwater drains. Why is this still not complete?

Three communities in Bengaluru are proving that sustainable water management in urban India is possible. They have eliminated borewells and tankers from the equation!

What happens when residential layouts are built on rajakaluves or lake beds? Water flows where it wants to, and thoughtless development takes its toll.