Details of our visit to KLCDA/KSPCB

As a part of the project STP Wetlands and Lakes, Alana and I have been trying to collect the water quality data for some of the lakes in Bangalore. There are numerous lakes in Bangalore each of which falls under the jurisdiction of one of the following government bodies: BBMP, BDA, KLCDA, KFD and MI.

KLCDA manages 4 lakes in Bangalore. However they have water quality data for 18 lakes, which fall under various authorities. These lakes are:
     Puttenahalli (JP Nagar)
     Rachenahalli
     Yellamallappachetty
     Giddana (Hoodi)
     Varthur
     Mahadevapura
     Bellandur
     Agara
     Madivala
     Mallathalli
     Kammagatta
     Thalagattapura
     Jarganahalli
     Hulimavu
     Yediur
     Nagavara
     Vengaiahnakere
     Hebbal

.This link provides the water quality report from July 2017 maintained with KLCDA. Because the lakes in this report fall under different authorities, the custodians of each lake are responsible for creating an action plan based on the sample results. It is not the responsibility of the KLCDA to do this for all of the lakes, only those 4 that it is a custodian of. 

Seema Garg, the CEO and an IFS officer not only shared the water quality data with us but also suggested us to chose a group of upstream lakes from a chain of lakes to conduct studies on wetlands, water quality, water and Wastewater Treatment Systems etc.

Few other data we are trying to collect and understand are: 

     1. Sampling methodology, locations and frequency
     2. Water quality testing methodology and frequency’
Based on our last conversation with the KLCDA, we are planning to visit with the KSPCB to better understand these two points.

-Shreyas S.