by Sneha Ramesh | Nov 25, 2025 | Urban Water / In the News
Bengaluru: BWSSB sets up expert panel under retd IISc prof to boost reuse of treated water The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has formed a committee to enable the increase in use of treated black and grey water in Bengaluru city. Gayathri...
by WELL Labs Team | Sep 9, 2025 | Urban Water / Blogs
Promoting Wastewater Reuse, Community Engagement, and Financial Incentives for Water Conservation | Insights from the Urban Water Programme This blog is excerpted from WELL Labs’ Annual Report 2024–2025. You can read the report here. The Urban Water programme...
by Sowmya Raju | Oct 15, 2024 | Urban Water / In the News
Bengaluru: Driest September in Decades Exposes Demand-Supply Gap As reservoirs dwindle & demand skyrockets, IT City’s growing reliance on private tankers underscores the urgent need for sustainable water management “Bengaluru’s water crisis is...
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...
