Rainwater Harvesting
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to declare this financial year ‘Water Year‘, giving more thrust to rainwater harvesting and planting of saplings. In addition to the already existing rules on harvesting rain water in all buildings, the BBMP has now taken the initiative to rejuvenate the city’s rapidly depleting water table. Spearheading [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is setting the perfect example by implementing rainwater harvesting. BBMP commissioner Siddaiah said the civic body is implementing the project at its head office at a cost of Rs45 lakh. The BBMP is also implementing rainwater harvesting in playgrounds, parks, public places and buildings. The BBMP is expecting 3 [...] Continue Reading »
BWSSB Minister S Suresh Kumar officially announced that rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a compulsory rule and the 56,000 houses identified so far, will have to install them. He said the citizens must reduce their dependence on borewells as the groundwater table had depleted. Among the 100 borewells dug by the BWSSB in 2010, nearly 50 [...] Continue Reading »
An amendment to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Act was made in August 2009 to make rainwater harvesting system (RWH) mandatory for new constructions and a nine-month deadline for existing buildings but there was confusion as the specifics were not clear. The government now cleared the air by issuing the necessary guidelines [...] Continue Reading »
The BWSSB will soon announce a new deadline to install rainwater harvesting (RWH) system. May 27,2010 was the deadline fixed to install RWH system for the property owners.However, the water board extended the deadline till the government notified a date. A decision is expected soon. More than 20,000 houses have already installed it, but it [...] Continue Reading »
By a rough calculation made by the Mumbai civic authorities, at least one lakh million litres of water has gone down the drain this monsoon. If the rainwater harvesting and overflow of lake water could be arrested, the city could be able to get over 1,75,000 million litres of water. Despite last year’s severe shortage, [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Sarjapur were demanding underground drainage system, construction of proper road, installation of rainwater, parks and playgrounds for their ward 150. Corporator B P Reddy has prepared an agenda for the improvement of his ward No. 150 where Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) for the whole ward is main concern. Corporation water is only provided to [...] Continue Reading »
