by Bhanu Sridharan | Oct 16, 2023 | Urban Water / In the News
Deluge or Drought: Water Researchers Explain How Bengaluru Can Build Resilience How can a mega city like ours handle the unpredictability of a climate change era monsoon, where we experience searing heat one month and flooded streets the next? As I write this, we have...
by Rashmi Kulranjan, Shashank Palur, Muhil Nesi | Oct 11, 2023 | Urban Water / Research
How Water Flows Through Bengaluru: Urban Water Balance Report Illustration depicting the flows and stores of water in Bengaluru city. Credit: Sarayu Neelakantan Bengaluru’s water problems may seem contradictory. In the height of summer, borewells and lakes dry up and...
by Sweekruthi K | Apr 1, 2023 | Urban Water / In the News
Wanted: A plan to quench Bengaluru’s thirst People washing their autorickshaws at an outlet of Bengaluru’s Jakkur lake. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan Managing and utilising Bengaluru’s abundant rain to reduce the city’s piped water demand needs a...
by Shreya Nath | Sep 26, 2022 | Urban Water / Op-eds
How Open Data and Wastewater Reuse Can Prevent Flooding in Bengaluru A residential neighbourhood in central Bengaluru is waterlogged after the rains. Photo by: Shreya Nath On September 4th, Bengaluru experienced one of its wettest days on record, causing large parts...
by Sahana Balasubramanian, Sneha Singh | Nov 25, 2021 | Urban Water / Blogs
Is the STP in your Apartment Always Out of Order? A sewage treatment plant at Zed Woods, a residential building in Yelahanka, Bengaluru. Photo by Hari Prasad. In 2016, the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) mandated the installation of decentralised...
