With widespread extraction of groundwater in Bangalore, the search for a sustainable solution for the usage of groundwater is the call of the hour. What has been a repeated cause of worry in terms of supply has been the drying up of borewells that are an integral source of water to a majority of the …
Adarsh Palm Retreat, Bellandur: Road to Achieving Sustainable Extraction of Groundwater Read More »
Can Bengaluru work towards getting back to its openwells? This is the story of a community (Adarsh Palm Retreat near Devarabeesanahalli Lake) near a lake that is looking to use an open well as one of its sources of water. Do watch the video Bengaluru (and other growing cities) are increasingly dependent on groundwater. In …
An Open Well as a source of water (Adarsh Palm Retreat near Devarabeesanahalli Lake) Read More »
Grama Vikas had organized an awareness talk for various school headmasters and children. This was held at Raichur Govt Urdu School on the 30th July 2016. The agenda for the talk was to create awareness about the water quality and its implications on health. Mr S Vishwanath from the Biome Trust held the discussion on …
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is a simple solution to Bangalore’s water shortage problem. However, for a beginner to the subject, the various ways of harvesting rainwater, the work involved for all of them, and the benefits to each solution, can all be quite confusing. Here are some resources that could provide some direction and answer any …
26th July 2016 Working as Fluoride fellows for Karnataka under the Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network, I and my colleague Kiran Kumar Sen undertook the journey to Chikaballapur district, one of severely affected fluoride regions in the State. Chikaballapur being one of the fasting growing regions around Bangalore faces severe water shortage and where bore …
A 90 minutes presentation + Q&A session was held on 29th June 2016 at ALSTOM, Bagmane Tech park, Bangalore. About 70 employees attended the session. With many queries and interactions it was an engaging session xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc bộ bóng đá arsenalbóng đá atalantabundesligacầu thủ haalandUEFAevertonfutebol ao vivofutemaxmulticanaisonbetbóng đá world cupbóng đá …
ONGC, under its CSR initiative had repaired/ reconstructed toilets in 204 schools in six districts of Tripura. However on a field visit by the Project Team it was seen that many of the schools were facing acute water shortage issues due to which the functionality of the toilets was also affected. Hence a workshop was …
Water Management Workshop for Tripura Schools : 16th July 2016 Read More »
On the day of July 6th, 2016, a team comprising of members of Biome and ATREE went to Kaikondrahalli Lake in order to assess the quality of water. With the start of the monsoon season, the quantity of water that the lake receives increases, which also create situations of untreated sewage finding its way to …
Often times we (BIOME) are asked to compare the prices of recharge wells quoted by various well diggers. On speaking with the clients we realise that they maybe comparing apples to oranges. Apples to oranges – since the well is not a standardized product but requires and includes several components and activities. Each well digger …
What are the activities/components that go into the making of a Recharge Well ? Read More »
Class room sessions BIOME was invited as a trainer for a RWH training session organized by NVIRON (NVIRON Training Centre is one of the Asia’s emerging knowledge platforms on water and environment management. ) on 24th June 2016. The participants (all engineers) were from varied industries – from an amusement park, sugar factories in Bagalkot, 2 wheeler …
RWH training session on 24th June 2016 organized by NVIRON Read More »