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Experts say rainwater harvesting, water management and waste treatment should be observed as...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEAD-IN\u003cbr/\u003e              A rapidly growing population and booming construction have led to a severe water shortage in Bangalore.\u003cbr/\u003e              Experts say rainwater harvesting, water management and waste treatment should be observed as emergency measures.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE\u003cbr/\u003e              India's information technology capital is bracing for yet another thirsty summer.\u003cbr/\u003e              Taps are running dry and water bodies lie parched as Bangalore, the capital of Southern Karnataka state, grapples with shrinking water resources for its more than 10 million residents.\u003cbr/\u003e              The city, also known as Bengaluru, is critically dependent on the Cauvery river and the annual monsoon rains as the principal sources of drinking water.\u003cbr/\u003e              A year ago, the water levels in the densely populated city's main supply dam plunged, turning the reservoir into a dry field with small pools of water.\u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore was once known as the garden city and a city of lakes which provided natural rainwater reservoirs and helped recharge ground water.\u003cbr/\u003e              As the city grew into India's outsourcing and information technology hub, unplanned urbanisation and uncontrolled encroachment of land took their toll on the lakes.\u003cbr/\u003e              A 2016 study by the Energy and Wetlands Research Group at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore showed that the water bodies in the city declined by nearly 80 percent between 1973 to 2016.\u003cbr/\u003e              The concrete area in the city went up by more than 1000 percent between 1973 and 2016, according to the study.\u003cbr/\u003e              The five-member team led by scientist T.V. Ramachandra who conducted the study blames the mismanagement of land and water resources by policymakers for the water crisis.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Too much of concretisation has happened. 1028 percent increase in concrete area. You know the city which was a garden city with 68 percent green cover in the 70s, today 78 percent is covered with the concrete buildings,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Some lakes may have survived reclamation for infrastructure and housing development, but they too are dying.\u003cbr/\u003e              The Ulsoor lake is choked with rubbish and construction waste, gasping under the blanket growth of thick water-weed.\u003cbr/\u003e              And the images of the Bellandur lake spewing froth with untreated sewage and toxic industrial effluents often make the headlines.\u003cbr/\u003e              There are bore wells at work everywhere, digging deep into the underbelly of the city's landscape and leading to massive depletion of groundwater. \u003cbr/\u003e              Large water storage tanks line the rooftops of Bangalore's new commercial and residential complexes, which are almost entirely dependent on private commercial water tankers for supplies.\u003cbr/\u003e              A study published in the \"Down To Earth\" environment magazine in March this year said the metropolitan city could go the Cape Town way and face acute water scarcity in the not too distant a future.\u003cbr/\u003e              The study said the water table in Bangalore has shrunk from 10-12 metres to 76-91 metres (distance you have to dig for water) in just two decades and the total number of extraction wells in the city has risen from 5000 to  450,000 in the last three decades. \u003cbr/\u003e              The groundwater is not being charged since most of the water inlet channels and catchment areas have been reclaimed for construction.\u003cbr/\u003e              Mobile water tankers are now the lifeline for the city's residents, who line up everyday to fill their pots.\u003cbr/\u003e              Rainwater harvesting expert Ayyappa Masagi says 90 percent of people living in apartments in Bangalore have to buy water and those who can't afford to pay suffer the most.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"There is a severe crisis. People don't have water to wash cars or drink. The actual sufferers are the poor people living in the slums. Rich people can afford to buy water. Poor people are spending like 2 to 5 Rupees (0.029 to 0.074 US Dollars) per pot of water,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Masagi claims the water supply by tankers was controlled by a \"mafia\".\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This is a very big mafia, water will get equally distributed only when this corruption stops,\" he adds.\u003cbr/\u003e              With Bangalore's population likely to reach 20 million by 2031, as estimated by the Bangalore Development Authority, the water woes are likely to get worse in the years to come.\u003cbr/\u003e              Water stations, where you can buy drinking water, have already appeared at many places in the city.\u003cbr/\u003e              Pavan, an engineer by profession, says he is worried about the quality of water available at these stations but has no choice but to use them.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"There is no other way, there is no other water resource here actually, so we are dependent on the water cans and this mineral water station,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Another Bangalore resident S.R. Reddy says he was spending up to 23 US dollars every month to get water supplies for his family.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We spend one fourth of our earnings on water,\" he adds. \u003cbr/\u003e              Experts in Bangalore say the problem is not the availability of water but its management.\u003cbr/\u003e              T.V. Ramachandra of the Indian Institute of Science says his study showed that almost 70 per cent of the city's water requirement could be effectively harvested from its annual rainfall.\u003cbr/\u003e              The study also recommended engaging with the local communities and ensuring their participation in lake rejuvenation and waste management plans.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We need to learn harvesting the rain water and also treating the waste water,\" Ramachandra says.\u003cbr/\u003e              Some citizens' groups in Bangalore have begun to collaborate with the city administration to help restore the fresh water lakes.\u003cbr/\u003e              Not too long ago one of the city's oldest lakes - Agara lake - was heavily polluted.\u003cbr/\u003e              With funding from the state government, a project to manage the sewage inflow, removal of the weeds and de-silting of the lake was undertaken in 2016.\u003cbr/\u003e              The lake is now showing signs of revival.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 19 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of Vidhana Soudha legislative building\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 13 March 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Various of dry taps  \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE: Mysore - April 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              3. Wide of dry flood gates of Krishna Raja Sagar Dam\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Mid of cow grazing\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of a cow walking towards a small patch of water  \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 13 March 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Wide of Subramanyapura lake with digger on dried lake bed\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Wide of construction\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Pull focus from building under construction to dried plant\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 19 March 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Wide of scientist T.V. Ramachandra from the Indian Institute of Science in his office\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Close of Ramachandra pointing at computer screen showing map of Bengaluru UPSOUND (English) \"98 percent (of Bengaluru) will be covered with buildings in 2025.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE (English) T.V. Ramachandra, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When you look at the city, the city is facing a severe water crisis. It is also and indication of mismanagement of land, water and environment. There is… too much of concretisation has happened. 1028 percent increase in concrete area. You know the city which was a garden city with 68 percent green cover in the 70s, today 78 percent is covered with the concrete buildings.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 24 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              12. Various of Ulsoor lake filled with weed and garbage\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Birds on lake full of weed\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Various of frothy Bellandur lake polluted by industrial waste\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 18 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              15. Various of Bore Well machine digging for groundwater\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 16 March 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Various of overhead water storage tanks on building roofs\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 23 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              17. Various of water storage units which supply water to residential apartments\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Various of water filling inside a tank\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Various of water tankers leaving to supply water\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Tilt down from building to people lining up with pots next to a water tanker\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Empty pots on ground\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Close of hand holding an empty pot\u003cbr/\u003e              23. Close of a woman pushing a pot away being filled with water and filling her pot\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Close of pots being filled with water\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Woman walking away with a pot full of water\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 6 April 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              29. SOUNDBITE (Kannada) Ayyappa Masagi, Rain water harvesting expert:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It is guaranteed that there is severe water crisis. 90 per cent of the apartment residents purchase water. There is a severe crisis. People don't have water to wash cars or drink.  The actual sufferers are the poor people living in the slums. Rich people can afford to buy water. Poor people are spending like 2 to 5 Rupees (0.029 to 0.074 US Dollars) per pot of water. Today everyone like hotels and resorts are depending on thousands of tankers. Today in Bellandur thousands of tankers are there. This is a very big mafia, water will get equally distributed only when this corruption stops.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              30. Various of Pavan (uses only one name) filling water at a water station\u003cbr/\u003e              31. SOUNDBITE (English) Pavan (uses only one name), Bangalore resident:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We are dependent on the tankers here but we are not sure how much hygiene is in that.  And there is no other way, there is no other water resource here actually, so we are dependent on the water cans and this mineral water station.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              32. Mid of S. R. Reddy inserting coin to buy water from water station\u003cbr/\u003e              33. Reddy watching as his can is filled, others waiting for their turn\u003cbr/\u003e              34. Close of can being filled with water\u003cbr/\u003e              35. SOUNDBITE (Kannada) S. R. Reddy, Bangalore resident:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We need 3 to 4 tankers of water per month for a family of four and the tankers range from 1200 to 1500 rupees (between 18 to 23 US dollars) per tank. We spend one fourth of our earnings on water.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 23 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              36. Wide of residents walking towards a water ATM (not seen) carrying empty cans\u003cbr/\u003e              37. Wide of people filling water cans at water ATM\u003cbr/\u003e              38. Various of water filling in a can\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 19 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              39. SOUNDBITE (English) T.V. Ramachandra, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We need to learn harvesting the rain water and also treating the waste water. If you are using 18 TMC (Thousand Million cubic feet) of water we also generate 18 TMC of waste water. So if we treat that we get 16 TMC of treated water. That means 15 TMC because of the rain and 16 TMC because of the waste water treatment. We will have 31 TMC of water which is a surplus situation.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Bangalore - 18 March 2018 \u003cbr/\u003e              40. Pull focus on shimmering water in Agara lake which has been cleaned by authorities with the help of citizens' groups\u003cbr/\u003e              41. 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