Grey to Blue: What Can Bengaluru Learn From Chennai on Tertiary Treatment of Wastewater

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...

Making Every Drop Count

by Veena Srinivasan, Shreya Nath | Aug 16, 2024 | Urban Water Press & Media

Making Every Drop Count Cities are growing faster than they can cope and are growing more vulnerable to extreme weather. With Bengaluru’s ever-escalating water problems becoming a recurrent, annual feature, innovative new thinking and plans are the need of the...

Cauvery Stage V draws to a close; what next for BWSSB?

by Sneha Ramesh | Jun 30, 2024 | Urban Water Press & Media

Cauvery Stage V draws to a close; what next for BWSSB? Given that water supply projects take a long time and are financially heavy, experts and residents suggest that the BWSSB should begin work on the Cauvery Stage VI soon by picking up the learnings from the Cauvery...

For home-buyers in Bengaluru, a checklist to assess water security

by Sravasti Datta | May 17, 2024 | Urban Water Press & Media

For home-buyers in Bengaluru, a checklist to assess water security According to the Water, Environment, Land, and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs’ Bengaluru urban water balance report, freshwater demand in Bengaluru is approximately 2,632 million litres per day (MLD). The...

Watered down: Evaluating Bengaluru’s future as India’s IT capital

by Ranjita Ganesan | May 16, 2024 | Urban Water Press & Media

Watered down: Evaluating Bengaluru’s future as India’s IT capital In April, Nithin Kamath of Zerodha posted a series of tweets drawing attention to Bengaluru’s escalating water crisis. He mentioned a possible solution: Turning wastewater into drinkable...