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.