Bangalore Urban District in-charge Minister Ramalinga Reddy on
Thursday said Cauvery water is not enough to meet the demand for water
in the city.

At a workshop on ‘Developing Capabilities for New
Sustainable Sources of Water through Reuse in Bangalore’ organised here
by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), Ramalinga Reddy
said, “There is an urgent need to supplement Cauvery water supply
through rejuvenation of lakes, rain water harvesting and reuse of waste
water.”

Reddy also said the city faced acute water scarcity this
year. Though BWSSB is making efforts to supply Cauvery water to the
newly-added areas of the city, the problem may aggravate.

Therefore,
there is a need to use treated water as an alternative source and the
government will support all endeavours in this direction, he said.

Chairman
of BWSSB, Gaurav Gupta, explained about the board’s efforts in making
recycling and reuse of water a reality in Bangalore and said: “Singapore
is the pioneer in the field of recycling and reuse of water and the
BWSSB has entered into an MoU with Singapore Cooperation Enterprise and
TEMASK Foundation to explore the possibility of using treated water as
an alternative source to meet the increasing demand for water.”

Gupta
also said BWSSB and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise have organised
five joint workshops in pursuance of the MoU and this is the concluding
workshop. These workshops were aimed at training the BWSSB in
capacity-building and public outreach.

As the supply from
Thippagondanahalli reservoir has reduced from its capacity of 135 MLD to
hardly 35 MLD, Bangalore is totally dependent on Cauvery for all its
needs.