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psaram42 - 26-JUN-2009
Water-carried wastes, in either solution or suspension form, that flows in sewage pipes from any house hold, commercial enterprise or an industry is called waste water in general. If it contains mainly human excreta and other organic matter it is called sewage. |
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Storm Water Drains - planning aspects RKCHARI - 21-JUN-2009
Friends, To the best of my knowledge, the storm water drains presently in vogue in Bangalore (and I guess in most other Indian cities) is built on the lines of that existed in Roman cities 2000 years back. |
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Sanitary Drainage System the bane of Bangalore Lakes psaram42 - 21-JUN-2009
The Sanitary Drainage System in a Mega city like Bombay, and our own Bangalore for an instance, is a source of persistent annoyance leading to exasperation. |
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psaram42 - 19-JUN-2009
When we visited the KC Valley sewage water treatment plant on Monday the 15th June 2009 the one thought that struck me was that the product of this treatment plant is infact a black gold. We were told that this material is transported by trucks free of cost. obviously, I thought. |
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Why is the Bellandur Lake Dead? psaram42 - 16-JUN-2009
There are 20 storms cum sewage water inlets feeding polluted water into the Bellandur Lake in total. Out of this only one inlet namely Koramangala Challaghatta (KC) valley inlet water is being treated before discharging into the Lake. |
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RKCHARI - 16-JUN-2009
Hello Friends, |
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Abhishek - Life down the drain namma_nadu - 2-JUN-2009
On Sunday evening, another small boy was consumed by an uncovered storm water drain. The story is tragic and is compounded by the utter callousness of the authorities - the BBMP engineer went on record virtually blaming the mother for the mishap. |
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psaram42 - 21-MAY-2009
“Corruption has become endemic. |
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Storm water drain in Bilekahalli bvijayk - 19-MAY-2009The BBMP has been constructing a storm water drain across the Ranka Colony road in Bilekahalli off the Bannerghatta Road. This project was started in 2008 and still there are no signs of this project getting completed in 2009. This drain is to carry the water flowing from J.P.Nagar area to the Bommanahalli lake without flooding the roads enroute. |
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Sewerage system for suburban areas silkboard - 18-FEB-2009
Don't see any mention in mainstream papers yet, but last week I noted four big BWSSB tenders (see below) for work to provide sewerage system for suburban areas (CMCs) of Byatarayanpura, Dasarahalli and Mahadevpura. Its about Rs 180 crore worth of work, and I really wish some of us took the same interest we do in detailing Rs 20-30 crore worth flyover projects. What exactly is BWSSB doing here, who are the consultants, who is reviewing their plans and appreciating/criticizing their good/bad work? |