The Latest Breaking News from BWSSB

The lack of coordination among civic agencies in Bengaluru leads to traffic congestion, insufficient parking, and other infrastructural problems.

BWSSB to prepare DPR to utilise 6 tmcft of Cauvery water allocated to Bengaluru. The Karnataka govt. issued an order to use 24 tmcft of water, up from 18 tmcft. BWSSB Chairman said present infrastructure only sufficient for 18 tmcft. DPR to be prepared to assess ground, calculate quantum of…

The Karnataka government has issued an order to utilise 24 TMC of Cauvery water annually for catering the drinking water needs of Bengaluru City and surrounding areas of the Cauvery Basin.

Year after year, flash floods have played havoc with Bengalureans, particularly those in and around low-lying pockets. Erratic rains fuelled by climate change concerns give them no time to prepare, as a month’s rainfall pours down in a few hours. The frequency of these high-intensity events has increased dramatically, demanding…

As Bengaluru is likely to partially shut down due to the bandh called on Tuesday to protest against the government releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, there is a dark shadow of a drinking water crisis looming over the city.

BWSSB seeks 2.42 tmcft of water from Kabini, KRS reservoirs for Bengaluru to avert drinking water shortage.

Bengaluru's 110 villages on outskirts face severe drinking water crisis due to delayed monsoons. BBMP to drill new borewells & provide water in tankers, but residents complain of insufficient supply & partisanship. Cauvery V Stage set to miss another deadline, BWSSB mulls change of contractor.

Bengaluru residents are not harvesting rainwater to potential, with only 10% of 19 lakh housing properties having RWH systems. The BWSSB is now educating property owners to reuse/recharge rainwater.

Safer, cheaper and far more easier to use than LPG cylinders, Piped Natural Gas (PNG) should have spread its network far and wide across Bengaluru by now. But poor multi-agency coordination triggering dangerous leaks, glaring awareness gaps and lack of an official push have all slowed down network growth.

The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has roped in Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited (Toshiba Water), a subsidiary of Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS), for design, upgradation, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance services of three of its Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and for the upgradation and rehabilitation…

The last couple of days has been a horrific experience for residents of Indiranagar as they claim to have been supplied contaminated water by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB).