major task for these countries. Urban
Schemes in four stages without taking
ground water crisis is the symptom of
responsibility for replenishing the used
poor water management in urban areas.
water.
When people turn taps on, they take this
for granted that there will be clean water.
A Recent study by the Institute for
Social and Economic Change noted that;
But to accomplish this fact, it takes a lot
of infrastructure. It needs about 492
•
There has been a demand-supply gap
billion liters of water per day to feed the
in surface water supply. The usage of
Cities covering a total distance of nearly
groundwater has decreased but still
27359 KM. About 41% of Earth’s land
substantial quantity are drawn.
area acts as a funnel for urban regions,
•
Estimation of the exact quantities of
gathering rainfall and directing it toward
surface and groundwater used is
the 3.9 billion people who live in cities.
necessary.
These
lifelines
are
under
intense
•
Usage of Ground water needs to be
pressure and Indian cities are facing this
restricted. Alternative arrangements
crisis more and more.
can be made, group wells could be
encouraged to save costs.
Bangalore
•
Bangalore has no perennial river, and
has many lakes surrounding the City,
It would be important to make
groundwater recharging mandatory.
•
Rainwater harvesting is the need of
which was acting as a source of
the hour. The BWSSB should offer
groundwater recharge earlier but with
an economic incentive to people
rapid urbanization, these lakes have
who consume less piped water.
vanished and have been converted into
residential
and
•
commercial
Creating
awareness
campaigns
on
through
water
localities. Bangalore Water Supply and
conservation through mass media
Sewerage
communication is vital.
Board
(BWSSB),
an
organization responsible for providing
water supply and sewerage system
•
It also recommends the setting up of
a taskforce exclusively to regulate
has implemented Cauvery Water Supply
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Integrated River Basin Management Society