Bengaluru water board to cut water supply by 10% for those using over 40 lakh litres daily

Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will enforce the cut from April 10; skyscraper apartments, and large gated communities, among other large establishments likely to be impacted.

Earlier, the BWSSB had already announced a 20 per cent water supply cut to 38 bulk users who consume over two crore litres of water every day. (Express Photo by Jithendra M)

With summer setting in, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) on Monday announced a 10 per cent cut in supply to those who use water between 40 lakh and 2 crore litres per day from April 10. This is expected to have an impact on several skyscraper apartments, and large gated communities, among other large establishments.

Earlier, the BWSSB had already announced a 20 per cent water supply cut to 38 bulk users who consume over two crore litres of water every day. Through this, the board is saving nearly 10 Million Litres per Day (MLD) of water daily.

BWSSB chairman Ram Prasath Manohar V also chaired a meeting with users who consume between 40 lakh and 2 crore litres of water per day on Monday, April 1, and advised them to adopt the five principles of the “green star challenge” — to adopt water conservation technologies, increase the use of treated water, technology to monitor borewells, dig rainwater harvesting pits and create awareness to users on these principles.

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BWSSB has already launched a green star challenge to restaurants, bulk users and apartment complexes.

Meanwhile, the board will start supplying recycled water for construction activities from today. The BWSSB has earlier held meetings with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (Credai) and the Bangalore Apartments Federation (BAF) to deal with the water crisis.

BWSSB had in its March order banned the use of potable water for construction activities, road maintenance works, vehicle wash among other non-drinking purposes.

Manohar had earlier said that the initiative to supply recycled water will reduce borewell dependency. The BWSSB chairman reportedly said that the developers have placed orders for 62 lakh litres of recycled water and the demand is expected to go up.

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Manohar told The Indian Express that the number of complaints of water distress had reduced from 1,000 to 400 per day. “This is because of the timely interventions that the board has made over the last few weeks. We have minimised the use of potable water for construction activities, swimming pools, entertainment and car washing among other non-drinking purposes. This has improved the supply of water in Bengaluru by 20 MLD,” he said.

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