by Rashmi Kulranjan | Nov 7, 2022 | Urban Water / Op-eds
Study on Cascading Lakes in Hebbal Explains Why Many Have Dried Up Challekere lake in Bengaluru. Photo by Rashmi Kulranjan The flooding in Bengaluru in October 2022 made national headlines as the ‘high-tech’ IT capital of India was ground to a halt. The severity of...
by Rashmi Kulranjan, Shashank Palur, Muhil Nesi | Nov 3, 2022 | Urban Water / Blogs
Setting the Context — Water Governance in Bengaluru Cities are shaped by their water resources. Think of coastal cities that have evolved to become important trade centres, such as Mumbai and Cochin. There are riverine cities too. Many were capitals of past empires,...
by Rashmi Kulranjan, Shashank Palur, Muhil Nesi | Aug 22, 2022 | Urban Water / Blogs
Why We Need Urban Water Balances Bengaluru’s water crisis — A tale of mismanagement Bengaluru’s water problems may sometimes seem contradictory. Stories of drying borewells and lakes compete with outcries about flooded streets. But these twin water problems are...
by Shreya Nath, Sneha Singh | Apr 24, 2022 | Urban Water / Op-eds
We Must Address the Wastewater Reuse ‘Yuck Factor’ to Save Freshwater, Reduce Pollution Photo by Trevor Gerzen, Unsplash The treatment of reclaimed water (treated wastewater) and its reuse has become a significant area of interest because of its potential to address...
by Anjali V Raj, Shashank Palur, Priyanka Jamwal | Feb 10, 2022 | Urban Water / Research
Phosphorus Balance Study at Jakkur Lake Despite having an sewage treatment plant and a constructed wetland, Jakkur lake is still experiences algal blooms and occasional fish deaths. It is important to understand the nutrient state of the lake. Therefore, we conducted...
