Water supply in Bangalore

Q: How is the water supply in Bangalore?

Partho Sen, Bangalore

8th April 2013

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Almost all the residential properties in Bangalore are depended on tankers. In its report in January 2010, the Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development (ABIDe) Task Force suggested rejuvenating the lakes in the region as a part of Bangalore Water 2020 blueprint. It is also said that focus should be on recycling of water and a target should be set for the quality of water that can be supplied from lakes by 2012. The Integrated Water Management project may set 500MLD of water as the initial target.

Eklavya Jain, Bangalore

17th April 2013

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Most of the borewells have gone deeper even up to 1000 feet and some of the borewells have run dry. The greater fear is that even this polluted water may not be available after 2018. Moreover, out of 18 lakh properties, hardly 44,000 houses in the Garden city have rain water harvesting structures.

Shiva Reddy, Bangalore

17th April 2013

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All you can see in Bangalore is construction activity. The city’s population rose from 53 lakh in 2001 to 87 lakh in 2011. At present, the rate of growth is likely to touch one crore by 2016. But unfortunately, the amount of water in the Cauvery basin has not increased by the same proportion. There is a huge gap between demand and supply of water from Cauvery basin.

Vaibhav Bhatnagar, Bangalore

17th April 2013

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At least half of the Bangalore’s ground water is contaminated with sewage water. Today, less than 200 of the 1000 lakes remain and are no more than sewage tanks. The sewage water contaminates the ground water and gets into the borewells. It is said that only 30 percent of the sewage is treated by the sewage treatment plants and the rest flows into the existing lakes.

Lewin G,

16th April 2013

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According to sources, lab results at the Public Health Institution and the Department of Mines and Geology of the state government revealed that 52 percent of the borewell water and 59 percent of tap water in Bangalore is not drinkable and contain 8.4 percent and 19 percent E.coli bacteria, respectively.

Srinivas Rao , Bangalore

16th April 2013

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If sources are to be believed then 15 out of 198 wards recorded contamination across all samples collected. Only two wards recorded zero contamination across all the samples collected.The survey team asked question to the people of randomly chosen household like method of delivery, continuity of supply, alternative sources of water supply in all the wards and sources of water.

Bijoy Singh, Bangalore

10th April 2013

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The team has also collected 20 ml of water sample in a Bacteriological Field Test Vial. This is a procedure to analysis water quality. All these samples were kept in the vial for two days for test. Most of the samples turned black indicating bacteriological contamination.An expert said that they have to check where water gets contaminated and how to prevent it. The expert also said that BWSSB engineers should be made answerable for this.

Anusua Pillai, Bangalore

10th April 2013

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This week a report on water quality was released. The report pointed out that 72 percent of all the water samples collected from the household all over the city are contaminated. A press release issued by the organisation said that the water samples from houses of economically weaker sections have 75.87 percent evidence of bacteriological contamination while water samples collected from upper middle class is around Rs 69.83 percent.

Sreya Khan, Bangalore

10th April 2013

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The non-profit organisation started the survey from mid of January in all 198 wards of Bangalore city. The survey will be done on the basis of five factors like public amenities, environment, mobility, sanitation and water.

Navin Verma, Bangalore

9th April 2013

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People think that water crisis is the major problem in Bangalore. But a survey, conducted by a non-profit organisation had disclosed that only 28 percent of water in the city is potable.

Chittranjan Pillai, Bangalore

9th April 2013

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