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No supply of Cauvery BWSSB water to Casamaria Apartment

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

No supply of Cauvery/BWSSB water to Casamaria Apartment, Apartment no 002, 19/1 Lewis road, Cooke Town, Bangalore-560005

Dear Sir,

We have not been supplied with water by BWSSB to our Apartment building namely Casamaria Apartment Apt no 002,19/1 lewis road,cooke town,Bangalore -560005 since 2 years.

We request you sir to take immediate action in this regard has this is forcing us to buy water from private water suppliers on a daily basis.This works out extremely expensive and causes a lot of inconvenience

The road on which Casamaria Apartment is located is called Lewis road.on this road in the middle of the road a valve has been put by claridges Apartments Association.This valve should not be put here by BWSSSB but should be shifted to the end of the road on the western side since the slope of the waterpipe line is from East to west.

Usually no valve is fixed in the middle of the road as done on Lewis road.

Please kindly look into this matter because of this valve the valveman opens and closes the valve on alternate days resulting in water supply only to the buildings which are on the east side of the valve and no supply of water to the buildings which are on the west side of the valve (the side on which casamaria apartment is located).

We require the help from BWSSB to resolve this problem amicably and also request to change the valve position to a appropriate place.

Thanks & Regards

Dhananjai
9742293608

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Nearly 34 per cent of water supply goes unaccounted

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Water pilferage by people who tap into the main supply lines has turned out to be a major headache for the BWSSB. According to a rough estimate, the city has a shortage of 300 MLD (million liters per day) of water. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSSB) crackdown 5,000 illegal water connections in the city between June 1 and 15 has brought to light. The board, however, said it has no clue about the total number of pilferers in the city. According to source, nearly 34 per cent of water supplied to Bangalore goes unaccounted for because of this water theft.

After a hot summer that brought Bangalore to its knees, the BWSSB will begin a pilot project in 11 wards of the city to supply water 24/7. Currently, the board supplies water to Bangalore on alternate days, which is also erratic.The board said the new project will not increase the demand for water. “When you supply water 24/7, you save a lot of water, because people stop throwing the water stored in buckets and refilling them once they get fresh water,” said Ramamurthy. Despite this drive, the board still has no clue about the total number of illegal connections in the city. “The idea is to regularize the illegal connections so that we can manage the available water better,” said Ramamurthy.

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It is impossible to solve problems overnight

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

“It is impossible to solve problems overnight. We have more than six lakh connections and lines that are more than 30 years old. Water supply in Bangalore is much better than in other metropolitan cities. We are doing our best to efficiently manage the available resources and infrastructure. I will answer the questions after receiving complaints from corporators.” – Said BWSSB chairman P B Ramamurthy.

After the conclusion of the BBMP council meeting to discuss the water crisis in the city, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board (BWSSB) chairman P B Ramamurthy said that the board has been working on finding solutions to all problems.


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Rainwater Harvesting opened a new window of employment to plumbers

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) appears to have opened a new window of employment to plumbers, who are in huge demand.There are approximately 60,000 houses which need to implement the system in Bangalore by May 2010, and 8,000 of them have already implemented it, according to BWSSB.

Each project can cost from Rs 4,000 to about Rs 40,000, which includes the material and labour cost. BWSSB is also trying to get the 12.5% VAT exempted from materials required for rainwater harvesting.The mandatory clause will be applicable for all new structures on a sital area measuring 1,200 sqft (30×40) and above, in the case of existing structures, it will be applicable for those built on a sital area of 2,400 sqft (40×60) and above.

When the order was issued, there were hardly any plumbers to do the skilled job, now there are around 400 plumbers trained by BWSSB, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technologies (KSCST) and IISc, and are available to implement the system wherever required. NGOs like Samvada are also training youth. “Around 10 youth trained by Samvada are busy meeting the demands of several calls. Their charges are site-specific and they specialize in rooftop rainwater harvesting for houses, hospitals, factories or any commercial establishments”-said program associate, Samvada, Satish K S.

The training process for rainwater harvesting will continue for the next three years. From April, another 500 will be trained and certified. Anyone can take up this training, and no formal qualification is required. As of now, BWSSB’s registered plumbers are being trained.

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has proposed relaxation of Value Added Tax (VAT) for filters intended to motivate the public to opt for RWH before the May 27 deadline. To motivate plumbers to carry out Rain Water Harvesting (RWH), BWSSB has announced cash incentives if they attain specific targets.

Source: Times of India

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Rain Water Harvesting Mandatory for New building

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

From November 1 rain water harvesting will be mandatory  for new buildings.The recent amendment of the BWSSB Act that’s made rain water harvesting mandatory for new and bigger old buildings could bring about a change. Provided, citizens understand the law, get the system installed and also trained in handling it.

People need professional help to design a system complying with the law. They also need trained plumbers and masons as well as money to invest in the structure. Some plumbers and masons well versed in this are listed on the BWSSB website.

Rain water if captured can generate water equivalent to 3000 MLD, almost double the current demand. It can also reduce the massive problem of flooding in Bangalore to a great extent, say experts.Depending on design, orientation and catchment area of the house, you could pay between Rs 8,000 and Rs 75,000 to set up the system.

If you don’t have an RWH unit, your water and sanitary connections could be cut. However, there are rewards for installing one. After an assessment by the BWSSB in January 2010, five houses will be selected and rewarded Rs 10,000 each.

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Making rain water harvesting mandatory

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BWSSB adopts new technique to replace old pipelines

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Digging the roads and obstructing traffic for replacement of old pipelines will soon be a thing of past when BWSSB adopts the new ‘pipe blast technique’ and ‘trenchless technique’. A pilot project to assess the economic feasibility and adaptability of the techniques is being carried out near Madhavan Park in Jayanagar, where Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is replacing 366 metres of pipeline. A Mumbai-based private construction company is laying the pipeline at the cost of Rs 25 lakh.

Under the new ‘pipe blast technique’,A pit, two feet wide and four feet long is dug near a manhole the pipeline runs through. A compressor inserted in the pit is used to blast the existing pipeline up to a length of 100 metres.The debris is cleared off from the next manhole with the help of a metal chain.

This paves the way for inserting a new pipeline, which can even be of a greater diameter. The metal chain has a sensor, which alerts the diameter if some of the rubble is left inside. The ducts that were connected to the old pipelines are reconnected to the new pipeline through a sensor-guided process.If the sensor-guided process turns failure, parallel pipelines are laid from the consumers’ buildings with the help of ‘trenchless technique’.

If this experiment succeeds, BWSSB will adopt it to lay pipelines in most of the busy roads.This is a time-saving technique and need not required to dig the road for replacement of old pipelines.

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BWSSB Will Replace Old Water Meters In City At Its Own Cost

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has started replacing all water meters that were installed seven years ago with new ones at its own cost. According to source and as per the guidelines of Palghat-based Fluid Control Research Institute, the life of a water meter is seven years after which the parts will get corroded.

The existing Class ‘A’ Single Jet water meters will be replaced by the advanced Class ‘B’ Multi-Jet meters. The existing meter reading is in kiloliters, the new ones will show the exact liters that the family has consumed every day.

Nearly 1.6 lakh domestic consumers are those whose meters had been installed seven years ago. BWSSB will replace all these at a total cost of Rs. 16 crore in a phased manner at its own cost. Nearly 10,000 meters will be replaced every month and it will be a continuous process.The replacement will be free for domestic consumers and Only non-domestic consumers (nearly 60,000) will be charged for the installation of new meters.

The advanced Class ‘B’ Multi-Jet meters will show the exact litres that the family has consumed every day. This will help each family to use water judiciously and help in water conservation.

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Builders has to obtain CFO to handover flats to buyers

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will not give Consent For Operation (CFO) to the apartment that does not show the source of drinking water supply. The builders cannot hand over the flats to buyers unless he gets CFO from KSPCB.

For apartment buyers, dream home is turning to be elusive or indefinite. The homes are built and payments have been made but flats will be handover only when builder gets CFO from pollution control board.

Prevailing Norms

  • According to prevailing norms, at the time of construction builder has to get Consent For Establishment (CFE) form KSPCB if the structure is more than 5,000 sq.ft in area.
  • If the building is more than 20,000 sq.ft in area, the builder has to obtain CFO and environment clearance after completing the structure.
  • If there are more than 25 apartment complex, a builder should establish their own sewage treatment plant, garbage disposal system and source of drinking water to apartments.

KSPCB’s norms do not permit the builders to drill bore wells to draw water for these apartments and builder will not get CFO till they show the source of drinking water for these apartments.The builder had applied for BWSSB water supply but Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will supply drinking water to these apartments only in 2012 after the completion of Cauvery Stage IV Phase II and if there is sufficient water to supply.

Some of the builders have completed their projects according to prevailing norms. But KSPCB has denied CFO to the builders and builders cannot handover the flats to buyers. KSPCB and builder will have to sit to explore the possibilities of supplying drinking water to get CFO and handover the flats to buyers.

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