Presentation to be made at the Social Entrepreneurship Conference at XLRI, Jamshedpur

1. Water
Rebuilding an Urban Water
Culture
Shubha Ramachandran
Biome Environmental Trust

3. Biome Environmental Trust
2008 2010
Rainwater Club
Chitra Vishwanath Architects
Biome Environmental
Solutions Pvt. Ltd
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Trust
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4. RAINWATER
HARVESTING - STORAGE

5. PARADOX ?

6. Rainwater harvesting
components:
1) Catchment
2) Conveyance
3) Filtration
4) Storage
5) Recharge
<<< The saree is the
Catchment, conveyance
And filter !!!!!!
The collection and storage of rain for future productive use

7. Rain barrel : easiest way to begin rainwater harvesting

8. Rainwater Harvesting

9. Rainwater Harvesting

10. Plumber Training

11. Commercial RWH Filters + Many other implementers

12. RWH bye-laws

13. Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park

15. WASTE WATER
TREATMENT AND REUSE

16. Waste Water Treatment

22. The product  

23. Waste Water Treatment and Reuse

24. Waste Water Treatment and Reuse
Waste Water Treatment and Reuse

25. Phytorid

27. SBT

28. Community - SBT

29. Community - TZED

30. Local Sanitation: 300 honey-
suckers in Bangalore

31. The sewage is nutrient rich but
also pathogenic

32. The composting (?) pit

33. Diluted grey-water

34. Compost sells for Rs 2500/- to Rs 3500/-
tractor load (4 cu mt)

35. Compost sample being collected for
testing

36. Application on banana

37. The crop

38. The fruits

41. RAINWATER
HARVESTING – GROUND
WATER MANAGEMENT

42. The liberator – the hole in the
ground which yielded precious
water

43. Did the Buddha drink from this
well ? Sarnath 500 BCE

44. Vijayanagar Kingdom – 500
years ago

48. Bombay Well

50. Qutub Minar Well

55. Boundaries we think in terms of :
districts, wards, constituencies …

56. Do the rules of these
boundaries matter for
ground-water?
How do we understand whats
happening below our feet ?
Do we “own” our
groundwater ?
Do we feel ownership for

57. Our aquifers, our waterWe have to understand it, we have to protect it

58. Understanding groundwater

59. The pit has reach the silt layer
Pit and concrete rings
Placing of the rings
The making of a recharge well

63. Locate Recharge Wells / Other
appropriate Recharge structures
strategically
Drain and Catchment Management

65. 
34 acres , 400 + plots

100+ Recharge Wells

Self Regulation

Metering of borewells

Block Tarif

No private borewells

71. Getting People Together : Events

72. Understanding Demand

73. Water Audits

74. Demand Management
● Metering
● Tarif
● Water Saving Devices
● Awareness and Education

75. Metering – Innovation and Entrepreneurship

76. Toilets : Not always used, water problems ! Big implication
For girl Child
Rainwater Harvesting and Water
Education in Government Schools

77. Making life easier for Mid-day meals

78. Reviving Dead Assets :
Rejuvenating Suvarnajala RWH

79. Handholding with
maintenance

80. Water very happily used by the
School

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82. Engagements with Schools and Children

83. Engagements with Schools and Children

84. Volunteering

85. Heading for fluoride issues in water ?

87. Fluoride Studies

88. RWH for Drinking Water – in Fluoride afected villages

89. RWH for Drinking Water

90. Citizen Science and Lakes

92. Treatment Plant and Jakkur Lake

93. Treated Wastewater entering the wet
Land System of Jakkur Lake

94. Fisheries

98. Lakes

102. WATER CONSCIENCE
WATER RESPONSIBILITY

104.  I care
 I observe
 I recognise problems
 I engage
 I empower
 I act
Responsible Water Framework
Water Responsibility

105.  I care
 I observe
 I recognise problems
 I engage
 I empower
 I act
WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE FENCE
Water Responsibility

108. Biome Environmental Trust
(Rainwater Club)
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