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In other projects Wikidata item ... This is a list of dams and reservoirs that are located in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1] [2] List with specifications ...
Water hyacinth, and other macrophytes and phytoplankton, are bioindicators of certain characteristics of water quality. Using satellite imagery between 1988 and 2019 (see #Ecology ) significant areas of these have been observed covering various lakes in Bangalore, varying in coverage of the wetland according to lake, season and other factors.
Typical BWSSB water supply tank for the locality. BWSSB currently supplies approximately 900 million liters (238 million gallons) of water to the city per day, despite a municipal demand of 1.3 billion liters. Water for the city (with a population of 10 million) comes from a number of sources, with 80% of it coming from the Cauvery River.
Left with no other option, Karnataka started releasing water. This led to wide protests and violence in Karnataka. [46] On 4 October 2012, the Karnataka government filed a review petition before the Supreme Court seeking a stay on its 28 September order directing it to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water everyday to Tamil Nadu, until 15 ...
Netravati river has its origins in the western ghats of Karnataka state in India. The rivers: Kumaradhara; Neryare; Manihalla; Gurupura; join the Netravati. Some of the prominent cities/ towns on the banks of this river are: Mangalore; Bantwal; Uppinangadi; Dharmasthala; Ullal. The Netravati joins the Arabian Sea at Mangalore.
Drinking water is supplied from Shanthi Sagara to Chitradurga, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) has funded ₹ 80 crore to this project. [12] Presently, Chitradurga city is getting 30 million litres of water a day from the Shanti Sagara Water Supply System. [13] Off-late, there are fears of the lake completely drying up ...
Karnataka is the only southern state to have land borders with all of the other four southern Indian sister states. The state covers an area of 191,791 km 2 (74,051 sq mi), or 5.83 per cent of the total geographical area of India. [ 17 ]
In 1891, when Bangalore had a population of just 180,000 people, the then dewan of Mysore, K. Seshadri Iyer realized the lack of a dedicated water source for the city and took up the construction of the Chamarajendra Waterworks at Hesaraghatta across the river. The reservoir was designed to supply water for up to 250,000 people.