by Sravasti Datta | May 17, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
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...
by Ranjita Ganesan | May 16, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
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...
by Shree DN | Mar 30, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
Making Every Drop Count ‘The adoption of several past research studies, some currently underway, is looking into the change in consumer mindset and aversion to wastewater reuse. There should be a higher degree of awareness and consumer education on treated water...
by Hari Prasad HK | Mar 28, 2024 | Urban Water / Op-eds
Lake Health Index Reveals Pollution Concerns in Bengaluru’s Water Bodies The citizen-driven Lake Health Index project assessed the condition of three lakes in the city: Ulsoor, Doddabommasandra and Shivapura. Bengaluru grapples with a persistent water stress, worsened...
by Rajesh Ramamoorthy, Shreya Nath, Shashank Palur | Mar 22, 2024 | Urban Water / Research
Mapping Water in a Small Town: Insights from Chintamani, Karnataka The fieldwork and research for this project was carried out in partnership with Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE) and the Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA)-South...