Among 714 consumers who use more than 10 lakh litres of water in a month, 127 bulk consumers have requested the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to supply treated water.
V. Ram Prasath Manohar, Chairman, BWSSB, directed the officials to make arrangements to supply treated water to these consumers from the nearest Water Board and private Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) at a meeting held on Friday.
BWSSB also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF) to be the facilitator between apartment communities and those who want to buy treated water from apartments. BWSSB had recently issued an order allowing apartment communities to sell 50% of the treated water they generate from the in situ STPs, for the first time. Now, BWSSB will supply treated water from apartments to customers in tankers within a 5 km radius and in the next stage, will even consider dedicated pipelines up to 500 metres if the demand is high and consistent.
