Water scarcity: how will it affect us?

[mavnrn]

Hi People,

I am torn between constructing a house near to office(Sarjapur) where water is scarce and constructing far from office where water is plenty(for now).

Currently tankers supply water to my area. Am wondering what is going to happen when the source of water for tankers-groundwater-exhausts? Rainwater in Bangalore has decreased since last two years. Also came across this link and read the original report mentioned in the article: http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/arti ... -get-worse

I understand that in Mumbai most of the water comes from outside. Don't know when acute shortage happens how will the politics of it play out. Any thoughts/suggestions.

Thanks
hemant

[mavnrn]

Instead of laying down a roadmap of how this will be dealt with, govt has announced banning unauthorized borewells in Blr. This could be a good step in long term, but i suspect it to be one more area where you need to grease the palms of govt officials.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/319778/digging-unauthorized-borewells-bangalore-banned.html

[niarhab]

As per the reports, 22lakh people in bangalore depend on tanker ie borewell water. Just imagine how the ground water is being exploited daily.According to me the situation is very serious.My suggestion is build or buy a house where cauvery water is supplied regularly.

[msn1270]

nair

Today it may be 22 lakhs, in the coming years, it will multiplies. Unless people change, system will not change and nature will take revenge on us slowly (year on year).

Simple reason,

1) Simple reason, everywhere concrete blocks are coming which is avoiding the mother earth to preserve the water.

2) All the natural & man made water bodies like lakes/Ponds are closed/getting encroached by the real estate/greedy people.

3) Amount of rainfall deficit is increasing everywhere.

4) Getting water from kaveri is only a temporary solution. It will not meet the long term needs

5) People are not taking any proactive measures to preserve the water by adopting rainwater Harvesting, Reducing wastage of water, efficient maintenance of their sanitary lines, Illegal ground water exploitation for business...etc.

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We are destroying the nature. We definitely have to bear the consequences tomorrow.
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[aries31]

well said msn.

Rainwater harvesting and recharging, along with greening the city & judicious (re)use is probably the only viable long term solution.

I heard from a kodagu native (neighbour) that 3/4 borewells he dug in kodagu failed !!!

[tvsh]

well said msn.

Rainwater harvesting and recharging, along with greening the city & judicious (re)use is probably the only viable long term solution.

I heard from a kodagu native (neighbour) that 3/4 borewells he dug in kodagu failed !!!

We had open wells supply water to our farm during the 1990s. Just recently 3 of the 4 borewells dug in 1995s went dry. I had to dig new borewells and was lucky to find water at 250 feet. So in a span of 20 years, the water table has receded from say 20 feet to 250 feet. People are desperate to get water and are drilling borewells round the clock. the success rate of borewell drilling is hardly 20 to 30 %. This area was all covered by thick forests about 6 decades ago. In another 2 decades, we would have successfully managed to convert thick evergreen forests into deserts. The invention of borewell combined with our short sightedness has probably caused more harm to humanity than any other invention.

[niarhab]

msn
i appreciate your views & i wish everyone could follow your valuable comments. Rainwater harvesting, preserving lakes, reducing & recycling of water.. these are some of the measures which can be followed, to preserve water and depleted water table.