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I stay in a 90 apartment building in Bangalore. We have a sewage treatment plant, and the treated water is circulated to the flush. However, this water has lot of foul odor. We…

Like many apartment complexes our complex also has the STP in the basement. It was commissioned about 2 years back. It has an aeration process; we use about 70% of the output for the gardening. We…

The demand for water and electricity is going to go up exponentially, both in rural and urban areas. There is need for sensitizing masses towards “judicious” use of water and electricity.…

Dear Sir,

I am planning to buy a plot in which already one borewell has been dugged and this borewell is failure because there was a rock after 150 feet.

Is it advisible to go for a…

I am looking to construct a house and intend to build a sump of 10k litres with a borewell and OHT of 5k litres sintex tank.

my contractor advised me that you can have the borewell pump…

I am home user - living in a gated community in bangalore with borewell water is supplied, get collected in a sump tank- is pumped to overhead tank for supply to the house.

I also have rain…

It is known that Vetiver hedgerows increase ground water and allow streams to flow continuosly even during summers. But I am not satisfied with the explanations on how vetiver does it. The main…

What is the exact data required for rainfall intensity calculation?

How many years data required?

whrere this data can be available?

Which are the technical papers submitted on…

I am a postgraduate student currently studying at the University of Sheffield. I am now in the middle of my Masters in Sustainable Architecture Studies.As part of completion requirement of my…

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Recently, Govt of Orissa (GOO) revised the water tariff after 16 years.…

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We want to install a water purification system @ our house.I wanted to know what tests should be done for choosing the best suited water purification system.

One of the RO…

Alarmed at the unsustainable groundwater usage in farming and resulting enormous public distress, the AP government is working on legislation to remedy the situation. The legislation is likely to…

VellHart Solutions is a start-up venture between Indian and American students. We participated in the 2010 ACARA Challenge (http://acarainstitute.org/) and…

I have an imagination of treating gray water with the help of radiation and recycle for the use of toilet flush instead of treating with chemical. When we can use radiation to preserve food why…

I have a dental clinic at first floor in delhi under construction.

Due to few reasons we are installing a water tank (300-500 lt) inside the clinic at 11 feet height. While, the chairs would…

We recently (mid of July) digged 6" borewell up to 455 ft in Indore location. Casing installed is 22 ft. According to the Boring Agent water stuck is 2". We are planning to install 2 HP pump. Can…

Dear Sir ,

I am residing in Tirur .malappuram district ,kerala state . in my bore well  water become clean &  but littel fade colour that is ok . but problem is taste . it is like quarry…

From Prakash Kumar, DFID Sector Reform Programme, Patna

Posted 23 July 2010

I work with the Health sector…

Hi, 

I recently got a borewell dug in my place and found 3 sources of water (370 - 1inch, 460 - 1inch, 570 - 3inch water sources). I stay in Bangalore and my house had always struggled for…