by Cheshta Rajora, Shashank Palur, Saad Ahmed | Feb 14, 2024 | Urban Water Blogs
Wastewater Reuse Policies across Indian States Across India, treated wastewater remains a severely under-utilised resource. According to the NITI Aayog, “Less than 1,000 million litres per day (MLD), which is about 3% of treated wastewater and 1% of wastewater...
by Shreya Nath, Cheshta Rajora | Dec 28, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
What We Learnt from the Water Reuse Project in 2023 This is the second blog of a two-part series. Read the first part here. WELL Labs has partnered with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Technology (Eawag) on the Water Reuse Lab project to study decentralised...
by Shreya Nath, Cheshta Rajora | Dec 22, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
How We Can Make Bengaluru’s Water Systems More Sustainable and Affordable Most cities rely on centralised water and sewerage treatment plants with extensive pipe networks to manage water supply and drainage. However, these are not necessarily the most cost-effective...
by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | Jun 13, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
A Visionary Architect and a New Growth Model: What’s Behind the Rise of Sponge Cities in China? Dong’an Wetland Park in the city of Sanya in China’s Hainan Island, an example of a sponge city designed by Kongjian Yu. Credit: Turenscape Kongjian Yu was only...
by Smita Kumar, Cheshta Rajora, Rashmi Kulranjan | May 25, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
Soak Up the Rain: How a ‘Sponge City’ Makes Urban Areas Climate Resilient Indian cities are rapidly urbanising and becoming more vulnerable to floods. Credit: Dibakar Roy on Unsplash Bengaluru, India’s high-tech IT capital, was in deep water even before the arrival of...
