Water Security for the Residents of Apartments and Gated Communities

S.S. Rangathan, a Bangalore based water expert, has distilled his experience of working with several resident associations, builders, and gated communities into this must-read article. Click here to read Mr. S.S. Rangathan's article on water security for residents of apartments and gated communities

In this article Mr. Ranganathan bemoans that water security is the last thing on any builder's mind, and their motive of profit maximisation often leaves residents to struggle with water problems. Cost cutting on STPs, glaringly bad designs, lack of water meters, fake rainwater harvesting systems -- all these are problems that the builder leaves behind.

Your water security can be achieved by proper sewage treatment, and rainwater harvesting; is your RWA taking the trouble to invest sensibly in these solutions? Or they are choosing just the lowest cost option?

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