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Sustainable Water Management in Public Parks
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Water Demand
Understanding water demand Have you ever wondered how much water you use? Would you be able to estimate how much water do you actually need?...
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- Rainwater harvesting
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Rainfall
Our planet’s water circulates continuously from the atmosphere to land and oceans, and back again in a process known as the hydrological cycle. The hydrological...
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Aquifers
The word “groundwater” might conjure the image of a wide, subterranean sea or lake beneath our feet but this important water source is actually extracted...
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Borewells
The borewell is now perhaps the most common source of water in urban India. These are wells dug deep into the ground to tap into...
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Recharge well primer
Recharge Wells Building water resilience and sustainable water management. Biome Environmental Trust, Bengaluru. This document has been made to be used as a community resource...
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Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
In most Indian cities wastewater is a common feature – we see it overflowing our drains and lying stagnant in puddles. Despite the problems it...
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Open Wells
An open well is simply a hole in the ground that allows access to water underground. Open wells are used to extract water found at...
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Drinking Water Standards
When we think about preventing water contamination, the first thing that comes to mind is boiling water to destroy microbes. Avoiding microbial contamination is the...
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The ground beneath our feet: A borewell primer
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Open Well Primer (Kannada)
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Wastewater
We complain about the muck that our cities are mired in, often forgetting that it is us who generate it – untreated sewage from households...
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- Surface water
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- Lakes
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Lakes
Lakes are large water bodies surrounded by land. They are found in all kinds of environments including plains, mountains and deserts and can also vary...