Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB), on Monday, called upon team of Singapore officials to prepare an action plan to successfully implement the recycle and reuse reclaimed water in Bangalore.

At a joint workshop with Singapore Cooperation Enterprise, on ways to reduce losses and leakage control, BWSSB Chairman Gaurav Gupta exhorted Singapore officials to provide “specific plans for developing capabilities to use treated sewage as a sustainable source of water.”

Further, he said, in a press note, that it was necessary to carry out public out-reach programmes six months before the implementation of recycle and reuse project.

“People have accepted the concept of recycle and reuse of reclaimed water to some extent and it is feasible. We have to work on safety  measures that are to be implemented before undertaking the project,” Gupta said.

BWSSB and Singapore Co- operative Enterprise had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding for developing capabilities for alternate sources of water through recycle and reuse of reclaimed water for Bangalore on October 9, 2012.

Under this three workshops, two in Bangalore and one in Singapore, have already been conducted, educating BWSSB officials about the various aspects of recycling and reusing of the used water.

Another workshop is currently on in City, wherein technical  issues related to feasibility report is being discussed besides exploring various means to educate the public with the involvement  of NGOs on the issue.