Bengaluru : Water Problems of the Fastest Growing City of India: Memoir No. 79

Contents: Management of Resources. 1. Water crisis and its management in Bengaluru (Bangalore): An Overview/S.V. Srikantia. 2. Bangalore boom will be its doom – without timely attention to water conservation/M.N. Thippeswamy. 3. Water Availabillity crisis-Nature, causes and some long term solutions/K.Md. Najeeb. 4. Water resources in Bangalore and Bengaluru – glimpses from the past to the present/V.S. Prakash. 5. Urban water supply and management: A Case study of Bangalore City, India/M.S. Mohan Kumar, Usha Manmohar, Celia D. D’Souza, Priyanka Jamwal and M. Sekhar. Groundwater Resources. 6. Hydrogeological mapping of Bangalore City/T.M. Hunse, M.A. Farooqi and H.P. Jayaprakash. 7. Status of ground water management in Bangalore/D. Srikanta Murthy. Remote sensing and geographic information system in Hydrogeological mapping of Bangalore city/V. Shreedhara and M.H. Balakrishnaiah. 9. Ground water crisis in Urban Areas – A Case study in Bangalore city/K.V. Raju, S. Manasi and N. Latha. 10. Pollution of Surface and ground water in Jigani Industrial Area, Bangalore/H. Lakshmikantha and S. Harinath. Conservation and Conjunctive use of Surfacewater and Groundwater. 11. Long Term changes in Rainfall distribution in Bangalore city/A. Muthuchami. 12. Rainwater Harvesting and water conservation measures in Bangalore city/K.R. Sooryanarayana. 13. Study of Drainages, water bodies and groundwater around Bangalore along with water auditing and budgeting using remote sensing and GIS/T.J. Renuka Prasad. 14. Multi-faceted problems and issues of wetlands conservation in Bangalore Urban/N. Nandini, Y.N. Yellappa Reddy and Aboud s. Jumbe. 15. Roof Tope Rainwater harvesting to supplement Fresh Water supply in greater Bangalore City/C.S. Ramasesha. Water Security – Remedial Measures. 16. Water Security for Bengaluru need to manage holistically/S. Vishwanath. 17. Ground water legislation in Bangalore City – issues and policy/M.A. Farooqi and S.N. Ramaiah. 18. Ground water legislation in Vangalore – Relevance of National and international experiences.