2. BRIEF INTRODUCTION :CLASSIC
ORCHARDS
Gated Community located on Bannerghatta Road
Layout is spread over 70 acres and has about 500 plots.
Presently about 150 independent houses (30%) have
been constructed and occupied.
Current population of approx. 700 occupants. Expected
to grow by 25% in next 1 year.
3. STATUS OF SOURCES OF WATER AS
ON AUG 2011
BWSSB water connection to each
house in the layout
Common Bore wells – lying
redundant
OpenWell – used only for common
area gardening
STP – directly let-out into drains
Presented large scope for improvement.
4. EXISTING ECO-FRIENDLY
PRACTICES AS ON 2011
No individual borewells were allowed since the
launch of the layout.
STP to recycle water was provided and partially
the water was used for gardening purposes.
Open well water was being used for club-house
non-potable activities.
5. OPPORTUNITIES TO GO GREEN -
2011
70 acres land – Brings promises with it!
Large scope to start inhouse composting in large
scale.
Extend green cover and arrest soil erosion.
Recycle STP water and harvest rain water.
Explore alternative power source like Solar and wind
turbine.
6. Graphical Distribution of total survey area
ECO CONSCIOUSNESS DRIVE:
UNDERSTATING THE PROBLEM
Relook at the water consumption
patterns
Initiated a survey with Biome
Environmental Solutions:
CO consumed much more than
average consumption of
Bangalore per household.
270K sqm area of CO, potential
of 143K KL of rainwater harvest
at 970mm of annual rainfall.
Translates into not just 100%
self-sufficiency, but also twice
the water surplus as per current
consumption.
7. ECO CONSCIOUSNESS DRIVE: STP -
REHAUL
Step 1: Introduced 2 extra storage tanks for STP to arrest loss of
70KLD of recycled water.
Step 2: STP processed water used for gardening purposes.
Step 3: Excess STP water is let-out to recharge ground water
table.
Going Forward:
Give processed STP water connections to all individual
households for gardening and other non-potable uses.
Provide water for construction activities.
8. ECO CONSCIOUSNESS DRIVE:
RAINWATER HARVESTING
POTENTIAL
1. Plots Rooftop Area
(60% of total plot
area)
110247 2976
2. Roads 70602 1059
3. Plot Landscape
+Common Area
landscape
88065 396
4. Club House rooftop 600 16
Total 269514 4447
Area (sqm) Run-off for
average
rain (30
mm) (KL)
With the projected rainwater endowment, 100% water self-sufficiency is
possible with 30mm rainfall per annum.
9. ECO CONSCIOUSNESS DRIVE:
RAINWATER HARVESTING PLAN
Use existing wells as collection point for rainwater flowing
through the open drains.
All open drains by the roads lead to 2 open wells within the layout.
To facilitate the ground water discharge, open wells have been recently
desilted.
Identified 40 locations as recharge wells to improve ground water
table.
3 recharge wells have been commissioned to study the water
percolation into the ground.
Club-house rooftop rainwater is being reutilised by collecting the
water in tanks.
Water collected in these tanks is used for housekeeping and gardening
purposes of the club-house.
10. ECO CONSCIOUSNESS DRIVE: EXTEND
GREEN COVER
Undertook plantation drive by
involving children and residents of
the layout.
Encouraged households to do in-
house composting and introduced
organic composting at community
level.
Created environment consciousness
amongst residents.
Garbage segregation.
Encourage eco-friendly Ganesha
idols.
Street plays and demos to create
awareness.
11. ECO CONSCIOUSNESS DRIVE: OTHER
GO GREEN INITIATIVES
Started the initiatives to go green.
Create awareness to conserve water
amongst residents
Focus on waste segregation and in-house
organic waste composting.
Encourage households to process wet-waste
by introducing various in-house composting
methods.
Road humps are designed and re-done to
capture most of the rainwater and direct it
to the drains.
Experimenting to control soil erosion along
the roads by planting bushes and wild grass
by the edge of the road.
