Bangalore Urban and Rural District

CDD Society invites applications for an Urban planner, based in Bangalore
Posted on 15 May, 2012 09:43 AM

 CDD

Indian Institute of Human Settlements, University of Minnesota, invites application for “ Social Venture Design - Short Course on Social Entrepreneurship”, June 4-8, 2012, Bangalore
Posted on 14 May, 2012 01:31 PM

IIHSUniversity of Minnesota

 

Rainwater harvesting in Bangalore: Who are the real beneficiaries?
Author: K P Vidyashankar

I have used a pop up filter (rainy type) to filter rain water and inject it into a open well. The water in the open well sometimes stinks and it is not clear where the contamination has occurred because all wells in the area are smelling. In our area water is available at about 7 feet depth. Obviously rooftops have bird droppings as a major source of infection. Now by pouring the filtered water into the open well -
IWP
Posted on 13 May, 2012 02:21 PM

A) Will the ground water really be recharged? There are about 100 houses in the area and  most have rain water harvesting (RWH). My fear is that the well will overflow and water again goes to the storm drains

B) Will the ground water in aquifers get infected? Then why are we doing this RWH (Lot of money, I have also spent like others).
CDD Society invites applications for job openings, based in Bangalore
Posted on 04 May, 2012 11:28 AM

CDD

 

3-days training programme on Citywide Sanitation Planning (CSP) May 29 -31, 2012, CDD Society, Bangalore
Posted on 27 Apr, 2012 05:30 PM

Organiser: Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society

Venue: Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS),
             Survey No. 205 (Opp. Beedi Workers Colony),
             Kommaghatta Road,
             Bandemath,
            Kengeri Satellite Town,
            Bangalore-560060

Precious Kaveri water down the drain; wasted to wash vehicles: Letter to the Chairman, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board
I tried sending a suggestion to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to tackle the urgent crisis in Karnataka this hot summer but didn't get any reply. Water crisis is a serious issue. When people do not have water to irrigate their lands, to drink for themselves, it pains me in the heart to see people wasting water profusely to wash their vehicles which goes down the drain. Manjunath M P presents the letter he sent to the Chairman, BWSSB.
Manjunath M P
Posted on 23 Apr, 2012 12:47 PM

Dear Chairman BWSSB,
Training in water supply distribution modelling, EPANET, The Community Engineers, April 28, 2012, Bangalore
Posted on 16 Apr, 2012 08:11 AM

Organizer: The Community Engineers (TCE)

Venue: Yeswanthpur, Bangalore

 

tce

Description:
Trainees will be provided with the EPANET 2.0 software, Handouts and EPANET Manual. TCE has carried out several training in Water Supply Distribution Modelling using EPANET across India. 

Biodiversity Asia 2012, SCB-Asia, ATREE and IISc, August 7-10, 2012, IISc campus, Bangalore
Posted on 20 Mar, 2012 07:24 PM

Organisers: SCB-Asia, ATREE, IISc

Venue: JN Tata Auditorium,
             Indian Institute of Science Campus,
             Bengaluru

SCB- Asia atreeIISc

The conference is being co-organized by organizations such as Society for Conservation Biology-Asia Section, (SCB-Asia), Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and several other institutions with the Secretariat housed at ATREE, Bengaluru, India. We will partner with other institutions in India and other countries in Asia to ensure broad participation. We expect 400-500 people to participate.

Maps, lakes and citizens: The use of surveys in lake conservation - An article in the Seminar magazine
Settlements in the area that is now Bangalore have a recorded history that dates back to the 5th century CE. Water for these settlements was made available through multiple series of tanks, which numbered 19,800 around the year 1830.
Harini Nagendra
Posted on 19 Mar, 2012 11:44 AM

This lake system is now decaying with lakes either taken over for urban uses, or choking due to neglect. ATREE and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have been engaged in attempting to understand how to restore these lakes for urban use, while maintaining their ecological importance. This article in Seminar describes this attempt.

Puttenahalli: one of Bengaluru's urban lakes

Water – The Thread of Life, a group exhibition of contemporary artists, Arghyam, March 21-30, 2012, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
Posted on 15 Mar, 2012 09:00 AM

Organizer: Arghyam

Venue: Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore

arghyam

Arghyam is a public charitable foundation setup with an endowment from Mrs. Rohini Nilekani, working in the domestic water and sanitation sector in India since 2005. Arghyam supports projects to promote water and sanitation security with stress on people’s participation and awareness. Domestic water is primarily a women’s burden and disproportionately impacts women and the girl-child in multiple ways. Therefore, promoting gender equity is an important facet of Arghyam’s work. The projects are spread across all geographies – deserts, mountains, flood-prone regions, rain-fed, coastal and tribal areas, representing the diversity in the country.

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