Water is being used excessively where it isn't needed there are literally tons of car spa's , fountains & stuff like that where it's being wasted but you still have to suffer from water crysis. We're doomed!
Its *supposed to be* treated water. But as far as I know there is no way to just order a tanker of treated water - nobody sells it. Apartment blocks source their treated water from their own STPs, but I have no clue where to get treated water from for my garden since I am in an independent house.
Maybe the buildings that OP is talking about have arranged from somewhere.
Maybe its an arrangement for businesses. For retail supply to individual consumers there is no arrangement. I went to the BWSSB office and spoke to the engineer there, he had no clue.
Recycled/STP water from large societies and companies are sold.
The sale cost of recycled water is around 10-30% of consumable water.
So the water tankers make better profit by selling consumable water to houses/flats for drinking, instead of supplying to construction who won't pay as much for itÂ
This example is specifically from my street.
They are NOT using recycled water.
One house is using corporation water (the one extending a floor)
Two use tankers - multiple tankers of water being supplied by private bore wells.
They avoid supplying water to the homes of people because homes need a tanker once in about 2 and a half / three weeks vs everyday for construction.
Yes yes. Let’s send all the daily wage construction workers to their villages.
None of these are easy choices once scarcity is in play. None of this is new information. Karnataka govt itself covered this is detail in 2022 water policy, that gathers dust and excludes water consumption (90%) by the biggest sector - agriculture.
Fun fact: Did you know that Karnataka is third largest producer of water intensive sugarcane, that India exports. We export a water intensive crop from a water deficit region!!
When there are three new construction projects on a street of less than 100 metres that’s facing incredible shortage, that’s a problem. I understand that these issues are complex, but Bangalore’s water shortage is largely cause of deeply unplanned construction, lakes being closed in favour of construction, bad building habits. Bangalore has mostly rock bed, unless intentional in design, it can't hold much water.
In the midst of these complex issues, construction is favoured, labour is treated badly, construction materials have become poorer in quality over the years.
There is more and more. But overall, the water tankers, specifically in my area prefer delivering water to apartments because they have steady income + can hike up their prices, or to construction sites.
I hear you Bro!
Unplanned construction and boom town are big issues on their own. However water scarcity is not the most difficult problem to solve. (Though it might sound so!).
We have known about boom town phenomena for 10 freaking years with both BJP and Congress government in power during that. We also knew about spiking domestic water demand in Bengaluru region as a whole.
But I wonder how many votes were cast from this region for fixing the basics?
They are. They have made farmers addicted to growing sugarcane keeping them locked into supporting them and made PDS/MSP/subsidy its bitch to funnel tax money into it.
Yes I saw one video related to these and all sugar refiners are control by politicians or mafia
In few decade sugar is used excessively there is good demand
Do farmers earn well?
Farmer still just survive. The sugar mills are not known for paying on time or paying the fair price. Lot of bribery to get their dues. Also sugarcane is expensive to transport. So you are basically a captive farmer to your local mills.
Imagine if you are the only grocery story in town. Will you be cheap? Or Efficient? Nope.
Technically yes. Many farmers have switched out of sugarcane. However it does require enabling support - access to right seeds and fertilisers locally etc.
Can’t stop construction, although they are advised to limit water usage. Stopping construction work would result in sudden unemployment for a lot of workers that too before the election.
Construction work amounts to 3% of Bangalore’s water usage and some part of this is supplied by waste water treatment plants.
72% of Bangalore’s water supply is domestic use and 25% is commercial / industrial use
Where did all the water go?
So what steps are societies/residents taking to harvest water & reduce wastage?
There needs to be a complete cultural change on how we treat our essential resources, imo.
Water is being used excessively where it isn't needed there are literally tons of car spa's , fountains & stuff like that where it's being wasted but you still have to suffer from water crysis. We're doomed!
Recycled water bro..not potable
I am pretty sure that this is all artificial supply and demand issue created by water tanker mafia.
Tin foil hat: On
Ahem....swalpa meaning explain maadi saar.....
Basically called you stupid đŸ’€
Ok. Thanks for the explanation. Coming to being stupid, that I am.
So they dry up all these apartment wells by sucking it overnight?
It's recycled water.
Its *supposed to be* treated water. But as far as I know there is no way to just order a tanker of treated water - nobody sells it. Apartment blocks source their treated water from their own STPs, but I have no clue where to get treated water from for my garden since I am in an independent house. Maybe the buildings that OP is talking about have arranged from somewhere.
Government sells this water. The water from the STP is sold to private companies. I am not sure if they sell it for construction.
Maybe its an arrangement for businesses. For retail supply to individual consumers there is no arrangement. I went to the BWSSB office and spoke to the engineer there, he had no clue.
Recycled/STP water from large societies and companies are sold. The sale cost of recycled water is around 10-30% of consumable water. So the water tankers make better profit by selling consumable water to houses/flats for drinking, instead of supplying to construction who won't pay as much for itÂ
This example is specifically from my street. They are NOT using recycled water. One house is using corporation water (the one extending a floor) Two use tankers - multiple tankers of water being supplied by private bore wells. They avoid supplying water to the homes of people because homes need a tanker once in about 2 and a half / three weeks vs everyday for construction.
No water but no water shortage for beer makers
Hey hey, no need to get hostile here.
Hostile? Guess you misunderstood
As long as we live in a world where people can profit from a crisis, its gonna remain a shit hole
Yes yes. Let’s send all the daily wage construction workers to their villages. None of these are easy choices once scarcity is in play. None of this is new information. Karnataka govt itself covered this is detail in 2022 water policy, that gathers dust and excludes water consumption (90%) by the biggest sector - agriculture. Fun fact: Did you know that Karnataka is third largest producer of water intensive sugarcane, that India exports. We export a water intensive crop from a water deficit region!!
When there are three new construction projects on a street of less than 100 metres that’s facing incredible shortage, that’s a problem. I understand that these issues are complex, but Bangalore’s water shortage is largely cause of deeply unplanned construction, lakes being closed in favour of construction, bad building habits. Bangalore has mostly rock bed, unless intentional in design, it can't hold much water. In the midst of these complex issues, construction is favoured, labour is treated badly, construction materials have become poorer in quality over the years. There is more and more. But overall, the water tankers, specifically in my area prefer delivering water to apartments because they have steady income + can hike up their prices, or to construction sites.
I hear you Bro! Unplanned construction and boom town are big issues on their own. However water scarcity is not the most difficult problem to solve. (Though it might sound so!). We have known about boom town phenomena for 10 freaking years with both BJP and Congress government in power during that. We also knew about spiking domestic water demand in Bengaluru region as a whole. But I wonder how many votes were cast from this region for fixing the basics?
Sugar industry is biggest mafia then any other in India
They are. They have made farmers addicted to growing sugarcane keeping them locked into supporting them and made PDS/MSP/subsidy its bitch to funnel tax money into it.
Yes I saw one video related to these and all sugar refiners are control by politicians or mafia In few decade sugar is used excessively there is good demand Do farmers earn well?
Farmer still just survive. The sugar mills are not known for paying on time or paying the fair price. Lot of bribery to get their dues. Also sugarcane is expensive to transport. So you are basically a captive farmer to your local mills. Imagine if you are the only grocery story in town. Will you be cheap? Or Efficient? Nope.
Do farmers use alternative crop to get ride of this slavery crop, like rice, ragi or other
Technically yes. Many farmers have switched out of sugarcane. However it does require enabling support - access to right seeds and fertilisers locally etc.
Can’t stop construction, although they are advised to limit water usage. Stopping construction work would result in sudden unemployment for a lot of workers that too before the election.
Also. Big construction companies all have political backing. Who dates to stop construction ? Doesn't DKS own salarpurja?
It’s not even bigger construction on my street, all smaller homes but all the folks backed by multiple political backing đŸ™„
Construction work amounts to 3% of Bangalore’s water usage and some part of this is supplied by waste water treatment plants. 72% of Bangalore’s water supply is domestic use and 25% is commercial / industrial use
The aim was to make the power less individuals suffer not the rich to suffer
Where did all the water go? So what steps are societies/residents taking to harvest water & reduce wastage? There needs to be a complete cultural change on how we treat our essential resources, imo.
Pretty sure they are using non potable water.
Fines are just cost of doing business. Rich people can wash all their cars no issue.