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 Shradha Triveni | Sep 17, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
Groundwater contamination leaves children at higher risk, finds Chikkaballapur study In another bleak pointer to groundwater contamination in Chikkaballapur Taluk, a new study has recorded excessive fluoride and nitrate content in samples and marked children who...
by Ishita Jalan, Lakshmikantha NR | Sep 9, 2024 | Technical Consulting / Research
Monitoring and Evaluation of Recharge Pits in Marathwada (Part 1) Photo: Farmer field surveys in Jalna, Maharashtra. Marathwada, in Maharashtra, is one of India’s most drought-prone regions. Farmers here, like millions across the country, struggle with water...
by Veena Srinivasan, Shreya Nath | Aug 16, 2024 | Urban Water / Op-eds
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...
by KC Deepika | Jun 23, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
Study of Chintamani in Karnataka reveals impact of urbanisation on small towns — overexploited groundwater to polluted lakes Recently published study, using Chintamani near Bengaluru as case study, says addressing water and sanitation challenges of small towns is key...
