In the last couple of days BIOME has been to the KSPCB office twice. This was to clarify a couple of questions that cropped up every time we had any conversations around STP, zero discharge, ground water recharge etc. The main queries were around Where is the official documentation that makes an STP mandatory (for …
Clear Water in one of the wells There are 5 large, (of diameter greater than 20ft) open and perennially yielding wells in the KSRP (Karnataka State Reserve Police) campus in Madiwala. Since there is BWSSB water supply in the area, the well water is currently not used for domestic purposes. Lately the well water has …
22nd March is World Water Day Wipro in association with Biome invite the community of Sarjapur Road/Bellandur Road area for a Rain Water Harvesting Mela on the 22nd of March 2014 (Saturday) at the Auditorium, SJP-2, Wipro Corporate Campus, Sarjapur Road Bangalore Please share your rainwater harvesting stories. We will also be sharing details of of …
RWH Mela on World Water Day at the WIPRO Sarjapura Road Campus Read More »
The lakes in and around the Sarjapura road area need to be understood in greater detail to study their role in the ground water situation in the Sarjapur – Bellandur region. A quick tour of nine lakes revealed the following information. v Singasandra lake: Located at 12º52’56.71” N latitude, 77º38’40.84” E longitude, and an altitude of 842 m. BBMP …
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Beautiful old open well in Kodathi (Off Sarjapura Road) . Said to have last held water about 15 years ago. We were glad the well had not been filled up and closed. It could revive. Would be good if people could get together and do ground water recharge in the area. Groundwater does not have …
Open Well in Kodathi Village, Off Sarjapura Road Read More »
Finally found what we had been looking for. An open well about 10ft in diameter, adjacent to Bellandur lake. The well had water at about 6ft below ground level. The water quality didnt look too good. But the water was certainly being pumped and used for irrigation. Could not find anybody who could tell us …
This is a beautiful step well in the busy Kaikondanahalli area, adjacent to the Sarjapura Road. About 30ft in diameter and 50ft deep. The water level used to come upto about 3m below ground level (about 8 years back) but now the well has very little water. To think that now borewells in the area …
Large Open Well adjacent to Kaikondanahalli lake, Off Sarjapura Road Read More »
Aajwanthi Baradwaj does some great work in developing a communication package for a lake in Bangalore. The idea is to do this documentation for all lakes https://jakkurlake.jux.com/ xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá atalantabundesligacầu thủ haalandUEFAevertonfutebol ao vivofutemaxmulticanaisonbetbóng đá world cupbóng đá inter milantin juventusbenzemala ligaclb leicester cityMUman citymessi lionelsalahnapolineymarpsgronaldoserie …
En route to a water sensitive city: The story of Jakkur Lake Read More »
With an intent to understand any groundwater studies undertaken in Sarjapura road in specific and Bangalore in general, we met Dr. Sawkar of the Geological Society of India. The GSI releases monthly journals which features peer reviewed articles covering Earth Systems Science. Dr. Sawkar explained the Bangalore water supply situation and how multi pronged efforts …
A billboard at the Sarjapura Road and Outer Ring Road junction proclaims that the apartment complex for sale has implemented rainwater harvesting. This is quite a change from selling apartments with “fancier tiles” and “fancier bathroom fixtures” In the same vein, heard of a person today who chose a home to stay on rent in …