by Sneha Ramesh | Oct 18, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
‘Bengaluru has Highest Number of Decentralised STPS in the World’ Experts say that reuse can be promoted only when the economics are planned well. With close to 2,644 decentralized Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Bengaluru is one of the top cities that has...
by Bhanu Sridharan | Oct 17, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
Why Researchers are Developing a Balance Sheet for Bengaluru’s Water Citizen Matters spoke to urban hydrologists and researchers, Rashmi Kulranjan and Shashank Palur, about how Bengaluru can reduce dependence on external water sources, like Cauvery, and become water...
by KC Deepika | Oct 17, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
Bengaluru Will Not Be Able to Meet Freshwater Demand with Existing Resources, Says Report Groundwater caters to nearly 50% of Bengaluru’s water demand, the rest from the Cauvery, says ‘How water flows through Bengaluru: Urban water balance report’ released by...
by Bhanu Sridharan | Oct 16, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
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 Veena Srinivasan, Sneha Singh | Sep 20, 2023 | Urban Water Press & Media
India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage? Photo by Nirjon Nakib, Pexels. Phosphorus is an essential ingredient in fertilisers as well as a major pollutant. We need to address both problems The problem with the fertilisation of land is as...