By Reya Mehrotra
This yr,Bangalore University is making plans to have a 1.4 km take a look at dam and a raintop harvesting gadget that is spread across 8,000 sq. metres that may immediately recharge the underground water table. Experts are being consulted for both the initiatives which can be still within the initial levels. If finalised, both the programs will upload to the rainwater harvesting and recharging programs of the college which can be already in place.
Currently, BU has six take a look at dams, a water pool with a capability of 12 lakh litres of water, eight recharge pits and a 23-year-old bore smartly in its campus where water can be discovered 5-6 metres beneath the ground degree, therefore proving the potency of the recharge pits in its campus.
Bangalore University, says, “It is within the drawing board presently. We are in talks with architects to estimate the price of the rooftop rainwater harvesting gadget that may recharge the ground water levels. We want a design that is cost-effective. It will be on most sensible of one among our campus buildings within the engineering department which is big in size and has a big rooftop and hooked up to an underground container.”
Apart from this, another 1.4 km take a look at dam is being discussed behind the ladies’s hostel. This could be part of the 18 take a look at dam plan for BU’s campus and the seventh one to be constructed at BU.
Dr Renuka says, “For the take a look at dams, we're in talks with the Rotary Club for financing it. The dam is not going to handiest store water but will even have the treated water from the ladies’s hostel saved in it. It can be used to recharge flooring water levels. A retired executive from the Minor Irrigation Department is offering his experience for the design and estimate of the take a look at dam.”
He provides, “The concept is to use the rainwater for months after the monsoon ends so that the ground water table gets time to recharge itself.”
This yr,
Currently, BU has six take a look at dams, a water pool with a capability of 12 lakh litres of water, eight recharge pits and a 23-year-old bore smartly in its campus where water can be discovered 5-6 metres beneath the ground degree, therefore proving the potency of the recharge pits in its campus.
TJ Renuka Prasad, Professor, Department of Geology,
Apart from this, another 1.4 km take a look at dam is being discussed behind the ladies’s hostel. This could be part of the 18 take a look at dam plan for BU’s campus and the seventh one to be constructed at BU.
We want a design that is cost-effective. It will be on most sensible of one among our campus buildings within the engineering department which is big in size and has a big rooftop
Dr Renuka says, “For the take a look at dams, we're in talks with the Rotary Club for financing it. The dam is not going to handiest store water but will even have the treated water from the ladies’s hostel saved in it. It can be used to recharge flooring water levels. A retired executive from the Minor Irrigation Department is offering his experience for the design and estimate of the take a look at dam.”
He provides, “The concept is to use the rainwater for months after the monsoon ends so that the ground water table gets time to recharge itself.”
BU has a plan to catch the rain
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