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Serine Beauty of Bangalore Bio-park. Acting as Carbon Sink. Path ways are named in the honour of contributors. Water Bodies : SCHEME OBJECTIVES. Surface run-off available in J.B.Campus goes as waste in the absence of surface/subsurface water impounding structure
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Serine Beauty of Bangalore Bio-park Acting as Carbon Sink
Water Bodies: SCHEME OBJECTIVES • Surface run-off available in J.B.Campus goes as waste in the absence of surface/subsurface water impounding structure • Decline in ground water levels in the range of 4-6 m during the last decade • Further continued decline of GW levels will result in reversal of ground water gradient adjacent to Vrishbhavathi river • To avert the crisis- RWH and ARS
PHASE I • Catchment area- about one sq.km • Structures – 3 check dams • Run-off harvested – 43,290 cu.m /anum • Unit cost 20 paise per 100 litres of water • Capacity of CD’s 1200 to 3000 cu.m per filling
PHASE II • Catchment area- 0.6 sq.km • Structures – 2 check dams & one vertical shaft • Run-off harvested – 24,000 cu.m /annum • Unit cost Paise 30 per 100 litres of water • Monitoring under progress
ROOF TOP RAINWATER HARVESTING • Faculty of Civil Engineering building • Roof top area; 8000 sq.m • Annual roof top rainwater harvesting envisaged: 6480 cu.m or 64,80,000 litres
Winning Aspiration team in Bio-Park Millions of Rupees worth WATER…….
Involment of NGOs like Sapthami Trust for the Development of Bio-Park Watering to Saplings………….