Rain Water Continues To Flood on Bangalore Roads
Bangalore is one of the fast growing cities in india and population growth has been dramatic. Water crisis in the City is one of the pressing challenges that Bangalore is facing which is getting worse. The demand of water is 840 to 900 million litres per day (MLD). Cauvery Water, TG Halli Tank and Underground Water Resource are major water source. Rain in Bangalore instead of giving relief to city thirst, they floods on road by overflowing of manholes and drainage system.
Flood on Bangalore Roads
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The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP Bangalore) or BWSSB Bangalore are not equipped to handle sudden downpours. Bangalore rain throws life out of gear and brings traffic to a virtual standstill. The illegal buildings and encroachments of stormwater drains (SWD) are some of challenges for BBMP Bangalore that directly or indirectly result in overflow of stromwater or flooding of rainwater. The rainwater flowing onto the road is larger problem for residents and Bangalore commuters.
Rainwater Harvesting Bangalore
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Rainwater Harvesting is not only important source of water supply but also saves groundwater by minimizing the demand of water. The combination of modern engineering and ancient social principles in RWH System can decrease runoff and eliminates problems such as overflow of manholes or flooding of road during rain. Rainwater Harvesting in Bangalore can reduce up to 30% of the water requirement.
Rainwater Harvesting will be soon a mandatory for every building proposed on a sital area of 1200 square feet and above. Similarly for existing buildings owner or occupier of a building having a sital area of 2400 square feet and above has to install rainwater harvesting system.
Deadline for installing rainwater harvesting system
BWSSB Bangalore has made mandatory to install rainwater harvesting in buildings and structrues in Bangalore. BWSSB Bangalore had given deadline for all eligible houses as on May 2010. But as property owners needed more time, it had extended for two months and later BWSSB Bangalore further extended the deadline and gave final deadline for installing rainwater harvesting system by December 31, 2011.
As per source available with BBMP Bangalore, BWSSB Bangalore has identified nearly 60, 000 properties in Bangalore where till now only 27,600 property owners has installed rainwater harvesting system in their building.
Awareness about designs and implementation of RWH
Rainwater Harvesting Bangalore is one of the trend in Bangalore real estate as the projects are going green or eco-friendly with these techniques. The rainwater harvesting is simple and it can be harvested either ground water recharge system or Rooftop rainwater harvesting. Rooftop rainwater harvesting is simple and much demanded by residents of Bangalore.
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BBMP Bangalore, BWSSB Bangalore and NGOs also spread general awareness about rainwater harvesting methods. S Vishwanath-the founder of the Rainwater Club and A R Shivakumar Principal Investigator RWH-Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology are some of experts whom you can contact for information on rainwater harvesting system in Bangalore. BWSSB Bangalore has also published list of plumbers for rainwater harvesting in their website. There is also “rainwater harvesting theme park in Bangalore” for awareness on rainwater harvesting.
According to source, if the property owner constructing new building, he must install the rainwater harvesting system to get clearance certification. The BWSSB also warns if property owner fails to install rainwater harvesting before deadline of December 31, they will disconnect water supply and sewage connections to the property.
- RWH Deadline: December 31, 2011
- BWSSB Helpdesk numbers: 23341652, 23348848, 23348849
- List of RWH Plumbers: http://www.bwssb.org/pdf/Plumberslistfinal-March2011.pdf
- Whom to Contact: Mr. A R Shivakumar |Principal Investigator RWH | Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology|Tel- 080-23341652, 23448848, 23348849.
