Dual Piping Mandatory for New Apartments to Save on Cauvery Water in Bangalore

Dual piping is mandatory for new apartments. Residents can use one pipe for drinking, bathing and utensil cleaning where other pipe will bring in rain water and treated water for toilet, lawns, washing cars, floors etc. This will enables to save 40% of potable water. It is unwise to use drinking water for flushing down water in toilet, washing cars, floors etc during insufficient rainfall, power crisis and falling water level in reservoirs.

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has made dual piping mandatory for new apartments and layouts. In-house water treatment unit is important for all apartments and treated water can be reused for flushing, lawns, plants, cleaning and others. Since apartments have efficient Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) with Reverse Osmosis.

Rain water can be efficiently used through dual piping. Rain water harvested through proper system is pure for drinking and cooking. If a housing or apartment doesn’t have ETP, rain water is good source of water. Even with worst kind of roofing, its easy to  capture 75% of rain water and use it through dual piping. This will be helpful in addressing the problem of flooding as well. Dual piping can be done in old apartments or houses too, just with a metal or plastic piping and the payback period will be between 2 to 4 years.

There are number of pipes in city which leaks or waste water every day. Even a small leak in water leads to loss of more than 10,000 liters of potable water. Treated water not to be used for bathing, drinking and cleaning utensils but can be used for plant, lawns, washing floors and vehicle. Dual pipes can be used voluntarily to save water and it is successful for apartments and resorts.

Source: TimesNewsNetwork