Summary
Inventure Academy wishes to create a lake by digging up a nearby enclosed area and fill it up by channeling all the rainwater from the building and grounds. Need permission from Bangalore Lake Development Authority.
Background
Inventure Academy is a new international school on a sprawling campus 20 km east of Bangalore.
It needs water for its school, kitchen, sanitation, and gardens. However, despite sinking 14 deep borewells, they see an impending crisis: 11 of them are dry.
Something needs to be done - its hard to imagine another water source, so it has to involve recharging the groundwater and also working on consumption.
Location
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Focus
Primary Focus: Groundwater Recharge
Secondary Focus: Rainwater Harvesting
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 0
School Children Getting Water: 0
School has 14 tube wells, 11 are dry
People Getting Sanitation: 0
People Getting Other Benefits: 500
This will recharge the ground water on which the school is heavily dependent and is threatening to run out. Nearby community will benefit.
Start Date: 2011-02-10
Completion Date: 2012-02-10
Technology Used:
Currently the rainwater is collected from the roofs and channeled into an open area where it flows into a culvert that empties out about 2 km away. The school property also slopes and the rainwater on the grounds also flows out the same way.
The plan is to dig up the area and create a lake. The attached calculations show that the lake could hold a lot of water and much of it would seep into the ground and recharge the ground.
Phases:
Community Organization:
The school is organized around the project, but the Bangalore Lake Development Authority, after one visit, has not granted permission to build the lake.
Government Interaction:
Ancillary activities:
Other activities would be reduce the consumption through creating more native green cover.
This could be part of a school education curriculum.
Other Issues:
Maintenance Revenue:
The school will maintain the grounds. While it is public property access is planned to be restricted to maintain the sanctity of the lake.
Maintenance Cost: $1,000
Metrics:
Prior art before metrics
Cost: $10,000
Estimate of the costs
Co Funding Amount: $10,000
School funds
Community Contribution Amount: $0
Fund Requested: $0
Implementing Organization: Inventure Academy
www.inventureacademy.com
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