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Homewater shortage

water shortage

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

Bengaluru’s stark water shortage can get worse: new study

November 7, 2012 Samuel Jacob

As if persistent warning bells were not enough, in a new study, city based geologists are showing that the region’s groundwater table may be sucked dry soon, and over 2.4 million citizens may be stranded.

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Environment

Linemen reap benefits of water woes

July 8, 2012 Sheeja Nair

Scarcity of water has touched new lows in Whitefield, but how is water supplied to certain communities alone in the locality? asks Sheeja Nair.

Governance

Councillors demand more borewells in the wards

May 20, 2010 Vaishnavi Vittal

Inundated with water woes, city corporators ask for more borewells in their wards. BWSSB and Mayor announce drilling of seven borewells in new wards and four each in old wards.

Infrastructure

”Plug leaks, check illegal connections and recharge groundwater”

May 4, 2010 Vaishnavi Vittal

So advises city-based water expert S Vishwanath. With limited water supply from pipelines and an increased dependence on private tankers, the BWSSB needs to get its act together to manage available water.

Governance

Groundwater turns into gold, government drilling deep

May 4, 2010 Vaishnavi Vittal

Panic seems to have hit the administration, with everyone from the state government to the BWSSB to the corporators getting onto a borewell-drilling spree.


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