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Case Study of Dodda Gubbi Village Lake |
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Wetlands have an important role in the ecological balance of
a state Karnataka has had a long history of utilization of
wetlands, with some of the districts of the state ...
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Hand Pumps for Drinking Water Wells |
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The importance of safe and adequate drinking water supplies
for rural areas can never be over emphasized. The State
Government is alive to the need for potable water in ...
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Water Lifting Devices for Irrigation |
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At least 25% of the 5000 new wells that are being dug every
year in Karnataka are fitted with traditional water lifting
devices such as the Yatha, Kapile or Persian Wheel, ...
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Ground Water Recharge through Percolation Tanks in the West
Coast Region of Karnataka |
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The West Coast region of Karnataka is characterised by
lateritic soils with a high coefficient of permeability. A
large number of irrigation wells with good ...
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Improvement in Estimation Methodology for Ground Water
Prediction |
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Water is a key component of the agricultural system.
Availability of assured and adequate supply of water makes
for improvement in agricultural productivity ...
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Conservation of Surface and Ground Water |
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Streams, canals and wells irrigate only about 15% of the
total agricultural land in Karnataka. Farmers in 85% of the
cultivated land depend entirely on ...
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Rainwater Harvesting Cell
at
KSCST |
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KSCST is
actively participating in the socially relevant, environment
friendly water conservation measures and has been providing
cost effective solutions since its inception. RWH Cell at
KSCST is established to study the needs of the people and
provide sustainable and simple solutions through innovation
and implementation pertinent to Rainwater Harvesting and
Ground water recharge.
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HELP DESK AND SUPPORT NETWORK,
RAINWATER HARVESTING, GROUND WATER RECHARGE AND WATER
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME FOR BANGALORE CITY |
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Government of
Karnataka realized the importance of harvesting rainwater
and as a first step through BWSSB RWH has been made
mandatory for most of the properties in Bangalore effective
from November 2009. Council in collaboration with BWSSB
embarked up on the task of establishing RWH Helpdesk at
Council.
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RAINWATER HARVESTING RESOURCE
CENTER, UTTHAN, UTTAR PRADESH |
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Utthan will be the first institution in Uttar Pradesh to
establish demonstration modules comprising of more than
twenty five techniques / components of Rainwater Harvesting
(RWH) and Ground water recharge at one center. The facility
demonstrates cost effective and sustainable techno
interventions relevant for both urban and rural areas.
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BACTERIA FREE WATER FOR DRINKING BY SILVER TREATMENT (BFWDST) |
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Water quality varies from source to source and place to place.
The bacterial contamination of drinking water is one of the
major concerns for both rural and urban population leading to
health issues. A simple and cost effective method of treating
drinking water with silver for removing bacterial contamination
has been adopted by the principal Investigator and the concept
is being evaluated and field tested in this project for varying
water quality conditions.
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ASSESSING THE STATUS OF KALYANIS FOR REJUVENATION IN DIFFERENT
AGRO- CLIMATIC ZONES OF KARNATAKA STATE USING GEO-SPATIAL
TECHNOLOGIES |
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Kalyanis are traditional water tanks, which used to store
rainwater for domestic use such as drinking, bathing, washing.
These are ponds paved with stones on the banks and gradually
sloping towards the centre. Kalyanis constructed near temples
called Pushkaranis play very important role in socio-religious
and cultural activities of Indian tradition and as a storage
reservoir to supply water for temples. |
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HOUSE HOLD
SURVEY FOR WATER CONSUMPTION IN HEBBAL, BANGALORE PROJECT OF
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA |
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University of Western Sydney, Australia has conducted projects
related to water consumption, water conservation and projects
related to water saving in urban areas.
Dr. Dharma Hagare, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School
of Computing and Engineering and Mathematics, University of
Western Sydney collaborated with Civil Engineering Department,
IISc., for analyzing water consumption pattern in Bangalore.
Considering the expertise available at KSCST, the Secretary had
assigned the task of carrying out a short term survey in Hebbal
area of Bangalore North. The survey would concentrate on a
sizeable number of households serviced by Bangalore Water Supply
& Sewerage Board and the main focus was to concentrate on water
consumption data and its analysis in Hebbal area.
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EVALUATION OF WATERMEN TRAINING PROGRAMME OF ANSSIRD - RDPR IN
KARNATAKA |
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Under the Rural
Development and Panchayat Raj the "Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural
Development" (SIRD) in Mysore extends training to the functionaries of
Panchayat Raj Institutions on various skills. The institute had undertaken
training of watermen during the year 2011-12.
The training
programme was organised at various locations in the state and the training
was conducted by selected 7 Non Governmental Organisations. There are over
20,000 watermen working across the state for 5627 gram panchayats for
providing safe drinking water to the villages. In the First phase of the
programme, 4994 water men were trained. All the 30 districts and 176 taluks
were covered in this training programme.
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MONITORING,
EVALUATION, LEARNING AND DOCUMENTATION OF WATERSHED WORKS UNDER
IWMP PROGRAMME |
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KSCST has
taken up the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Documentation
of IWMP programme implemented by Watershed Development
Department (WDD) through a competitive bidding process and has
been allotted Belgaum revenue division to support WDD as an
independent external MEL&D agency for 5 years starting from 2011
to 2016 for Batch I and batch II projects. The Belgaum division
has 69 projects covering treatable area of 2, 87,000ha spread
over seven districts.
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WATER
PURIFICATION USING NANO TECHNOLOGY |
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The
Council has taken up this Nano water purification using
Nano technology being developed by Department of Chemical
Engineering, IIT, Madras to test the technology on pilot
scale and get the feedback from the users based on
directions from DST, GOK
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ASSESSMENT
OF TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS AND MEASURES FOR
REJUVENATION IN KARNATAKA |
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KSCST has
carried out the project on assessing the hydrological and
physical status of Traditional water harvesting systems of
the state to suggest the scientific measures for
restoration and rejuvenation using Geo-spatial
technologies with the funding support from the Department
of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
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