by Hari Prasad HK, Shashank Palur, Sneha Singh, Shreya Nath | Sep 20, 2024 | Urban Water Blogs
Bengaluru Has the Highest Number of Decentralised Sewage Treatment Plants Globally. Are They Effective? Bengaluru, Karnataka. Credit: Sanket Shah, Unsplash Bengaluru generates enough wastewater a day to fill over 750 Olympic-size swimming pools a day. This is more...
by Sneha Singh, Shashank Palur | Aug 28, 2024 | Urban Water Blogs
Grey to Blue: What Can Bengaluru Learn From Chennai on Tertiary Treatment of Wastewater This is the water pumping station at Porur lake. Credit: Shashank Palur. Climate change is exacerbating water woes in Indian cities. For example, Chennai — like many rapidly...
by Shreya Nath, Sneha Singh, Josianne Kollmann, Sahana Balasubramanian, Eberhard Morgenroth, Nadja Contzen, Eva Reynaert | Oct 15, 2023 | Urban Water Publications
Acceptance of On-Site Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Bengaluru, India: The Role of Perceived Costs, Risks, and Benefits Photo: A residential decentralised wastewater treatment plant in Bengaluru. To increase on-site wastewater treatment and reuse, some cities,...
by Veena Srinivasan, Sneha Singh | Sep 20, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage? Photo by Nirjon Nakib, Pexels. Phosphorus is an essential ingredient in fertilisers as well as a major pollutant. We need to address both problems The problem with the fertilisation of land is as...
by Sneha Singh, Shashank Palur | Feb 7, 2023 | Urban Water Blogs
Understanding Wastewater Reuse: 5 Learnings from the IWA International Conference We participated in the International Water Association’s 13th international conference held in Chennai in January. The theme of this year’s event was ‘Water Reuse: Overcoming the...
