Recycled water will be potable

Recycled water will be potable
The proposed plan to supply treated lake water for drinking purpose, will not dry up lakes. Instead, the project will help their rejuvenation and upkeep, said BWSSB Chairperson Lata Krishna Rao and also added that the project was environmentally freindly.

BWSSB has been diverting treated water from its secondary and tertiary treatment plants to several lakes. In fact, this is the reason many lakes in Bangalore are full. BWSSB is presently treating around 360 million litre of water per day.

When the treated water is discharged into the lake, it gets blended with the lake water. Under the proposed project, water from the lake will be drawn and treated using a special method, making it potable. “This water will be much better than bottled water,” she claimed. A K Verma, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests said that in many western countries recycling of water is being done to tied over the water shortage. “Treatment plants should be erected at the mouth of lakes and only treated water should be let to lakes. If lake water is used scientifically, then there would be no problem If such measures are taken, then lake water can be harnessed.”