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Ground water scarcity

10 March 2009 - 8:19pm — chetana kolli

According to officials from Department of Mines and Geology, the groundwater situation is in a critical condition in Bangalore. The situation has worsened in the last three years. The average annual rainfall in the district is only 600 mm to 700 mm per year. Because of the drought in 2001, 2002 and 2003, groundwater recharge has been very low!! ******This is alarming*******.

I wonder why our government or our educated bangaloreans want to do nothing about it. Yes the government probably has a rule that Rain water harvesting(RWH) facility is compulsory in apartments and so on.... but who is monitoring it????  The apartment I live in does not implement RWH... Its a shame that the governing body is unable to enforce this..

BWSSB - current projects and progress updates

20 December 2008 - 8:08pm — zeitgeist

From a BWSSB perspective, I found 3 critical projects that we need to track the progress of:

Tata arm bags Mysore water supply project

4 December 2008 - 7:08am — silkboard

This piece of news must be noted, its significant. Mysore city corporation (MCC) is inviting a Tata arm to form the largest water supply PPP project in the country. Read the press release directly on Tata group's website. Here are some key points worth your time:

Taking Rain Water Harvesting more seriously

22 November 2008 - 5:44am — mcadambi

It is good that the BWSSB has finally realised that only about 50% of it's current water supply is metered and billed for. It is equally good to note that it has come down heavily on IBC Knowledge Park (the building hosting Accenture et al) on Bannerghatta Road for water theft.

Can someone organize a meet with BWSSB

4 November 2008 - 12:03am — silkboard

Plenty of transportation going on around here. One Bangalore public body that needs more attention on Praja is BWSSB. Of special interest to us should be their ambitious "Cauvery Water Supply Scheme Stage IV Phase - II to bring in 500 MLD Potable Water". I picked the title up from BWSSB's current projects page. Newspapers carry very little updates (I mean conslidated updates) on this project which is worth Rs 3383 crores. Receipt of bids was due on 26 September, wonder what happened.

Water water everywhere

21 October 2008 - 1:42am — silkboard

Did you too notice a spate of water supply related news and announcements recently? Perhaps some influential  individual or minister has water on his mind. Have a look:

Power and water connections only after BBMP approval

29 September 2008 - 12:37pm — murali772

Aspiring house owners, beware. It would be best to stick to the sanctioned building plan, as even the smallest deviations in the form of setbacks in front, rear, left or right side of the building, height of the structure or number of floors, could leave the building in darkness and without water.

Voices From The Waters

22 August 2008 - 4:12pm — murali772
13 Sep 2008 17:00
18 Sep 2008 18:00
Asia/Calcutta

Voices From The Waters is a water film festival in Bangalore, India, currently in its third edition. The first edition of the festival was held in 2005 followed by the second in 2007.

Need for a water regulatory authority

9 July 2008 - 8:46am — tsubba
Latha K. Rao Chairperson BWSSB. source: Zenrainman's channel http://youtube.com/user/z...

The OORU-NEERU Water Walk

29 June 2008 - 9:14am — tsubba
29 Jun 2008 09:08
6 Jul 2008 09:08
Asia/Calcutta
Attention shutterbugs and bangalore enthusiasts!! An excellent oppurtunity to show your camers skills and to get some insider gyaan on water in bangalore from S. Vishwanath. The OORU-NEERU Water Walk will look at the Hesarghatta reservoir and its current state. A siphon provided as an overflow mechanism, another unique structure worth a closer look, remnants of a brick aqueduct and a small temple on the bund are some of the other facets that will be looked upon during this walk. http://bcp.wikidot.com/ci... The Hessarghatta Urban Space Event is being organised for the Bangalore City Project by S. Vishwanath, (www.rainwaterclub.org and www.arghyam.org) who writes extensively on water issues.

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