Treated Water From Apartments To Fill 30 Lakes In Bengaluru

Lakes-In-Bengaluru

Buoyed by the success of filling up 14 parched lakes with tertiary treated water from its sewage treatment plants (STPs) to tide over the summer water crisis of 2024, BWSSB says it will now fill up over 30 lakes across the city by drawing treated water from nearby apartment complexes. The water authority’s plans come even as apartment complexes have been complaining that the ambitious plan announced last year to facilitate diversion of treated water to industries hasn’t made any headway. The utility, however, said it would lay dedicated pipelines…

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JICA approves loan of INR Rs 2,391 crore to Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB)

JICA

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement with the Government of India to provide Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan amounting to Rs 2,391 crore for the construction of water supply and sewerage facilities under a Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Project (Phase 3). JICA has been supporting the construction of water supply and sewage facilities and services in the core city and surrounding Urban Local Body areas of Bengaluru under the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) since 1996 under phase 1 and…

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