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MoM with Prof TV Ramachandran
Attendees: Neha Dar, Jim Gowda and myself.
We meet Prof Ramachandran from Center for Ecological Studies, IISc this saturday. Even though, he blasted us for not doing anything after our last meeting with him (read about it here), he spent over 2 hours with us discussing this project among other things. I like to call this meeting "He pulled up our socks" session.
Some of the points which were discussed are
MoM - Meeting with Mr. Thippeswamy
Attendees: Shekhar Mittal, Jim Gowda, Zenrainman Sir, Manjari Vishnoi, Neha Dar
We met Mr Thippeswamy, Retd. Chief Engineer (BWSSB) on Saturday at IISc. Meeting minutes captured below.
- Mr. Thippeswamy reviewed our initial list of parameters and had the following remarks:
(1) Coverage - As per the Act, BWSSB must provide water supply to Bangalore Metropolitan Area. Only 50% has been covered.
(2) Unaccounted for Water: This is really a subset of Non-revenue water. Both physical and commercial. Water is also lost due to cleaning of reservoirs, unexpected pipe bursts, supply to fire hydrants, etc.
(3) Slum Coverage: It is not the BWSSB 's prerogative to proactively provide coverage to slums. Slum Clearance Boards/BBMP/BDA come to them with proposals, which they then implement.
Meeting Mr Tippeswamy
A meeting has been set up with Mr Tippeswamy (Ex-Bwssb) tomorrow. Thanks to Swati.
The venue is the IISc Cafeteria.
Time is 11am.
Kindly confirm who all are coming.
Water Index parameters
Participants: Vishwanath Sir, Jenny, Rajesh Shah, Neha Dar, Rithesh, Shekhar, Srivatsva, Swati Dandekar
We met today at Alliance Francaise to define the scope of the water index and chalk out our next steps.
The scope of the index has been divided into 5 categories. The following is an initial list of parameters we came up with during the meeting. This list will continue to be built incrementally before we finalise a stable index.
1. Pipe Water
a. Hours of Supply
b. Coverage - Percentage of households having a bwssb connection.
c. Unaccounted for Water- Calculated by measuring the amount of water that BWSSB bills to the amount of water that it supplies.
d. Slum Coverage - Percentage coverage in slums. BWSSB mandates that every household in a slum must be given a water connection.
Bangalore Water Index Kickoff Meeting
A few of us are meeting on Saturday to kick off and plan the water index project. Details as follows:
Date: Saturday, 3rd April
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Agenda: Scope of index. Best representation. Parameters to be tracked. Information sources. Partners. Next steps.
Interested Praja members are welcome to join.
P.S.: You can read about the water index idea here.
The Bangalore Water Index
What is the Bangalore Water Index?
The Bangalore Water Index project aims to develop a means of quantifying the 'water health' of the city. This published index will track a judiciously selected set of parameters relevant to the water domain, using data released by government bodies like the BWSSB, technical information provided by NGOs and research institutions, information extracted through RTIs, as well as crowdsourced feedback from citizens.
Over a period of time, the index will draw a comparative picture of the quality, quantity, accessibility and reliability of water supply across various demographics and parts of the city, as well the responsiveness and effectiveness of government bodies in charge.
Why do we need a Water Index?
Why is this Project needed?
For those who do not closely follow water issues and are wondering why a project like this is needed, I came across a very nice concise video at India water portal. It can be accessed here
It covers all the points which make you wonder where we are heading without getting into the details.
1. 50% of water supply gets lost due to inefficiencies.
2. The role of bottled water and tankers in our current water requirements.
etc.
Bangalore Water Index
Project number: | 3230 |
Opened by: | Neha_Dar |
Opened on: | Thursday, 25 March 2010 - 8:53pm |
Last modified: | Wednesday, 19 January 2011 - 11:12pm |
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Despite the popularity of traffic and transportation subjects here, water is a rather more serious issue facing our city. Here is an ambitious but interesting project to to pool together the energy of all water enthusiasts, and first design, and then regularly publish a "water index" for Bangalore.
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