World Water Day
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 »
According to MN Thippeswamy, former chief engineer Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board (BWSSB), the fast-growing Bangalore Metro’s water supply management is all wrong. Instead of plugging wastage and recycling water, the efforts are to augment water supply, which is as futile as filling up a leaky tank. It is not a sustainable bargain, he [...] Continue Reading »
