The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSSB) Sir M Visvesvaraya Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) Theme Park received the National Urban Water Award 2011-12 under the citizen service and governance category.

The award will be handed over to BWSSB officials by the Union Urban Development Minister at the National Urban Water Award 2011-12 Ceremony, which will be organised at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi shortly.

The rainwater harvesting theme park educates people about various aspects of rain water harvesting, use, recycling and reuse of water through demo models and is the first park of its kind in the country.