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HomeWater Supply

Water Supply

Exploring the state of water supply and sewerage in Bengaluru, the role and functioning of BWSSB and other authorities

Water Supply

Costly and scarce: Water access a daily struggle for Bengaluru slum dwellers

May 18, 2022 Navya P K

A majority of slum residents depend on public borewells for water, which they use for cooking and drinking without filtering, at great risk to health.

A recharge well being built
Water Supply

Webinar: Reconnecting with open wells and our relationship with shallow aquifers that feed them

March 16, 2022 Navya P K

Many Bengalureans are now building shallow open wells or recharge wells, and drawing good-quality water from these for their daily needs.

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.

Dr Chandan Banerjee, Associate Director at Water Solutions Lab
Water Supply

Interview: IISc projects that connect Bengaluru’s water problems to solutions

February 15, 2022 Navya P K

“The Water Solutions Lab focuses on both design and policy. Technology has to be coupled with correct policy making to properly utilise the technology.”

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.

Water meters on the rooftop of Sundale Apartments, Ulsoor
Water Supply

BWSSB to push internal water metering, apartments not ready yet

July 28, 2021 Navya P K

BWSSB now mandates apartments to install internal water meters, but many apartment associations find it’s not easy.

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”.

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.

Pipeline laying work in the peripheries, for new Cauvery water connections
Water Supply

Why apartments in outer Bengaluru hesitate to apply for Cauvery water connection

June 25, 2021 Navya P K

Apartments in peripheral Bengaluru have been struggling for water for years. But why are they reluctant to apply for Cauvery water connections now?

Apartments and residences in outer areas of Bengaluru
Water Supply

Will Bengaluru’s outer areas get Cauvery water anytime soon?

June 23, 2021 Navya P K

With only two years left to the 2023 deadline for the Cauvery Stage V water supply project, what’s the status?

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

How a Bengaluru apartment fixed its sewage treatment process

February 8, 2021 Tarun Denniz

The STP now produces clean treated water and 80-100 kgs of sludge cake a day, which farmers nearby use as fertiliser.

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.

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