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HomeRainwater harvesting

Rainwater harvesting

Mural at Cubbon Park Metro Station
Environment

Namma Ooru, Namma Neeru: Art that connects a metro station, groundwater conservation and traditional livelihoods

September 1, 2021 Vrushal Pendharkar

A collective of poets, architects, artists and a well-digging community artistically recreate Bengaluru’s water situation at Cubbon Park metro station

A recharge well being built
Water Supply

Bengaluru, second highest in rainwater harvesting in Indian cities

July 14, 2021 Navya P K

What made Bengaluru one of the leaders in rainwater harvesting in India – a webinar organised by Biome and Citizen Matters had BWSSB, Jal Shakti Ministry and citizens sharing their insights.

rainwater harvesting in bengaluru
Water Supply

Catch the Rain, Bengaluru: Rainwater Harvesting in the City

July 8, 2021 News Desk

BWSSB, Jal Shakti Abhiyan and BIOME in collaboration with Citizen Matters Bengaluru are hosting a webinar on rainwater harvesting in Bengaluru.

A recharge well being dug
Water Supply

12 years after Bengaluru’s water board made RWH a rule, how are we doing in harvesting rainwater?

June 21, 2021 Juhi Jotwani

On the 12 year anniversary of Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) being made mandatory in Bengaluru, S Vishwanath and Shubha Ramachandran talk about challenges and opportunities of sustainable water supply.

Water Supply

Rainwater harvesting: Apartment’s water bill goes from over a lakh to zero in monsoons

August 14, 2020 Amal Padmanabhan

An apartment off Outer Ring Road in Bengaluru used to spend Rs 1-2 lakh on tanker water supply every month. But with rainwater harvesting, they no longer need to buy water for almost half the year.

A recharge well being built
Water Supply

Two years, one lakh wells: Can ‘Million Wells’ movement help solve Bengaluru’s water crisis?

May 12, 2020 Harsha Raj Gatty

In just two years, ‘A Million Wells’ movement has inspired Bengalureans to dig over 1.2 lakh recharge wells. If more citizens take up the cause, it could very well solve the city’s water crisis.

Perforations on the borewell casing pipe in the attachments so that water starts flowing into these holes.
Environment

Rs 3 lakh savings per year, and borewells that never dry: What a Bengaluru apartment gained from RWH

September 23, 2019 Samir Kumar Rakshit

In water-starved Chikkabellandur, a small apartment community uses rainwater harvesting (RWH) to meet much of their needs. They use some of the rainwater directly, and the rest to recharge their borewells

Economy

“Digging recharge wells is the only way Bengaluru won’t run out of water”

July 21, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Bovi community who are the traditional well-diggers of Bengaluru, are part of an initiative to build one million recharge wells in the city. In this edition of Citizens Live, Ramakrishna Bovi explains how you too can be part of this initiative to help resolve the city’s water scarcity

Civic

Bengaluru Buzz: BWSSB assures water supply | Citizens protest tree felling | BBMP plans household medical waste disposal

May 27, 2019 News Desk

BWSSB assures continued water supply, BBMP plans scientific disposal of household biomedical waste, citizens protest decision to axe over 600 trees for Metro – read more on what happened in Bengaluru over the past week

A recharge well being dug
Environment

Towards water security: How to dig a recharge well

April 27, 2019 News Desk

Frustrated with water shortage, apartment communities in Bellandur are digging recharge wells in their own premises, to improve groundwater levels and be water-secure. Here is a detailed guide on how you too can build a recharge well around your home or layout

Environment

Source water locally, ban borewells, to prevent scarcity

April 23, 2019 Sandeep Anirudhan

The reason for Bengaluru’s water scarcity is our disconnect with the source of water. To reverse this, each ward should be made to generate water locally, and Cauvery water be taxed heavily, opines the author

Environment

Resident groups, experts and well-diggers discuss solutions to deal with water crisis

March 28, 2019 Ekta Sawant

In a water workshop this week, apartment communities talked about measures they had taken to deal with water scarcity. Water metering and reuse, limiting consumption, holding awareness campaigns, rejuvenating lakes were among the initiatives discussed.

Infrastructure

Tell us where you get your water from – Cauvery, tankers, borewell or open well?

March 27, 2019 News Desk

Citizen Matters, in partnership with Biome and Open City, is conducting a survey on where Bengalureans source water from, and how much it costs. Take part in the survey to contribute to a better understanding of the city’s water availability

Environment

Seven reasons why Bengaluru can still run out of water

March 5, 2018 Nagesh Aras

BWSSB water isn’t reaching everyone. 1400MLD of sewage water is being wasted. Rainwater isn’t harvested enough. What Bengaluru needs now to be safe: a good water management plan.

Environment

Mitigating rain and floods in Bengaluru needs holistic approach

October 17, 2017 Vishwanath Srikantaiah

Bengaluru needs to pay attention to the design of the land – the topography, groundwater recharging capacity, design of the raja kaluves.. and find a way to store water or recharge groundwater, to help mitigate floods.

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