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Water
Million Wells For
Bengaluru
Rebuilding an urban water
culture
Shubha Ramachandran
Biome Environmental Trust

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Where are these Wells ? A short quiz

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BANNERGHATTA ROAD

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Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 4
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Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

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Madiwala Wells

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Koramangala Police Station

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Agara Kalyani

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Mestripalya

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the math works out
+ 970mm of rain annually
+ 2500-3000 MLD
endowment
- 600 MLD extraction
+ 100 MLD - 200 MLD
recharge : FIX this!!
+ reduces Flooding

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here is what we can do

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recharge wells

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Digging an
open well
step by
step

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In public storm water drains

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In a layout

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in a gated community
250+ wells in 36 acres.

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In an apartment

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Renuka School Well

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It Takes A Village….
http://bengaluru.urbanwaters.in/

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A MILLION WELLS FOR
BENGALURU

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bengaluru.urbanwaters.in

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the Bhovi community
traditional well diggers

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spreading awareness

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helping map the city’s
aquifers

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For the Upper Ponnaiyaar
Watershed – 8 micro
watersheds
33 sqkm
8156 acres

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water@biome-solutions.com
THANKS !!