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Open well
Water Supply

Webinar: How Bengaluru can become water sustainable with open wells

February 25, 2022 News Desk

Open and recharge wells are an integral part of managing groundwater. Listen to BWSSB officials, experts and citizens share their experiences.

Woman looking at water meter
Water Supply

Webinar: BWSSB, residents share water metering, conservation techniques

November 26, 2021 Navya P K

BWSSB, experts, and apartment residents discuss successful models of managing water demand – from water metering to reuse techniques.

Residents of several apartments and individual houses have dug recharge wells. Pic: Biome
Water Supply

Webinar: How you can reduce water use and avoid summer scarcity

November 18, 2021 News Desk

Attend a webinar on November 20, on the ways to reduce water demand at the individual and community levels, and the government rules on these.

smart water meters in an apartment
Environment

How smart meters are helping Bengaluru apartments save water

September 23, 2021 Rohini Krishnamurthy

As water scarcity worsens, more apartments are adopting smart water metering. This helps each household get real-time consumption data, and plug leakages

A recent study by IIMB shows behavioural interventions can lead to water conservation
Water Supply

People can and do change, with the right kind of behavioural intervention

July 19, 2021 Navya P K

Interview: “It’s not a good idea to blindly take what was done in this study and try to do it all over the place. Human behaviour is highly context specific”.

Economy

Beer vs water: Bengaluru’s microbreweries in a time of water shortage

July 17, 2019 Grace Madigan

It takes seven litres of water to brew just a litre of beer! But as the city struggles with a water crisis, Bengaluru’s craft microbreweries are finding ways to cut down their water use

Environment

Towards water security: How to set up a greywater treatment system

June 19, 2019 News Desk

Greywater – that is, wastewater from bathrooms, washing machines etc – can be treated and reused for non-potable purposes. A greywater treatment system can meet about 40 percent of your household’s water requirement. Here’s how to set up the system

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Governance

Save water, share water

March 21, 2013 Vasanthkumar Mysoremath

One the eve of another World Water Day, a multi-faceted activist shares some innovative ways of ensuring that water is available to all.

Infrastructure

Water idea, Sirji!

June 1, 2010 N Narayana Murthy

Casa Ansal apartments, Bannerghatta road makes great progress in water management, cutting down Cauvery water consumption and substantially reduced the monthly water bill.

Environment

Meet the legal deadline, harvest water in time

March 22, 2010 Divya Sharma

To celebrate World Water day, a timely rain water harvesting mela was organised at Cubbon park on March 20th. The deadline for mandatory water harvesting in Bengaluru is two months away.


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