Bengaluru's Water Warning: A City on Borrowed Time Bengaluru's residents and policymakers are facing a stark reality: the city has only enough water reserves to last four months.
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) recently announced that its combined storage in the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) and Kabini reservoirs will meet the city's monthly demand, but this temporary reprieve highlights the long term challenges facing Bengaluru.
The city's booming economy has not been matched by investments in modernizing its water management systems. Years of haphazard urbanization and rapid growth have taken their toll on Bengaluru's water resources.