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Transcript of BIOME Trust: Social Entrepreneurship
Water
Rebuilding an Urban Water Culture
Shubha RamachandranBiome Environmental Trust
Biome Environmental Trust
2008 2010
Rainwater Club
Chitra Vishwanath Architects
Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Biome Environmental Trust
Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Rainwater Club Rainwater Club Rainwater Club
RAINWATER HARVESTING - STORAGE
PARADOX ?
Rainwater harvesting
components:
1) Catchment
2) Conveyance
3) Filtration
4) Storage
5) Recharge
<<< The saree is the
Catchment, conveyance
And filter !!!!!!
The collection and storage of rain for future productive use
Rain barrel : easiest way to begin rainwater harvesting
Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater Harvesting
Plumber Training
Commercial RWH Filters + Many other implementers
RWH bye-laws
Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park
WASTE WATER TREATMENT AND REUSE
Waste Water Treatment
The product
Waste Water Treatment and Reuse
Waste Water Treatment and Reuse
Waste Water Treatment and Reuse
Phytorid
SBT
Community - SBT
Community - TZED
Local Sanitation: 300 honey-suckers in Bangalore
The sewage is nutrient rich but also pathogenic
The composting (?) pit
Diluted grey-water
Compost sells for Rs 2500/- to Rs 3500/- a tractor load (4 cu mt)
Compost sample being collected for testing
Application on banana
The crop
The fruits
RAINWATER HARVESTING – GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT
The liberator – the hole in the ground which yielded precious
water
Did the Buddha drink from this well ? Sarnath 500 BCE
Vijayanagar Kingdom – 500 years ago
Bombay Well
Qutub Minar Well
Boundaries we think in terms of : districts, wards, constituencies …
Do the rules of these boundaries matter for
ground-water?How do we understand whats happening below our feet ?
Do we “own” our groundwater ?
Do we feel ownership for our groundwater ?
Our aquifers, our water We have to understand it, we have to protect it
Understanding groundwater
The pit has reach the silt layer
Pit and concrete rings
Placing of the rings
The making of a recharge well
Locate Recharge Wells / Other appropriate Recharge structures strategically
Drain and Catchment Management
34 acres , 400 + plots 100+ Recharge Wells Self Regulation Metering of borewells Block Tarif No private borewells
Getting People Together : Events
Understanding Demand
Water Audits
Demand Management
● Metering● Tarif● Water Saving Devices● Awareness and Education
Metering – Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Toilets : Not always used, water problems ! Big implication For girl Child
Rainwater Harvesting and Water Education in Government Schools
Making life easier for Mid-day meals
Reviving Dead Assets :Rejuvenating Suvarnajala RWH
Handholding with maintenance
Water very happily used by theSchool
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Engagements with Schools and Children
Engagements with Schools and Children
Volunteering
Heading for fluoride issues in water ?
Fluoride Studies
RWH for Drinking Water – in Fluoride afected villages
RWH for Drinking Water
Citizen Science and Lakes
Treatment Plant and Jakkur Lake
Treated Wastewater entering the wet Land System of Jakkur Lake
Fisheries
Lakes
WATER CONSCIENCE
WATER RESPONSIBILITY
I care I observe I recognise problems I engage I empower I act
Responsible Water Framework
Water Responsibility
I care I observe I recognise problems I engage I empower I act
WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE FENCE
Water Responsibility
Biome Environmental Trust(Rainwater Club)
[email protected] www.rainwaterclub.org
www.biometrust.orgFacebook: Rainwater Club and BIOME Environmental Trust
1022, 1st floor, 6th Block, HMT Layout, Vidyaranyapura,
Bangalore – 560 097, Phone : 080 41672790
THANK YOU !!
