Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board [Bwssb] — wastage / misuse of filtered water - reg.

Address:	Bangalore, Karnataka, 560001
Website:	No complaint against website

For the kind attention of the chairman - bwssb.

I am having a suggestion for improving the revenue of bwssb. As per report there are about 55 lakhs vehicles in bengaluru. Even considering 30% vehicle owners are not using bwssb water for washing their vehicles (May be using bore well water) & 30% are commercial users having commercial meters of bwssb, the balance 40 % are using domestic use water for washing / cleaning their vehicles. Washing vehicles is not for domestic purpose. Here thousands of commercial vehicles like autos, taxis, vans, busses are using filtered water under domestic use to wash their vehicles. Drinking water, cleaning the house, taking bath, washing clothes, can be classified as domestic use. Using precious filtered water for cleaning vehicles should be taxed with a vehicle cess. If 20 lakhs vehicles consume 350 litres of filtered water per month / per vehicle, then the total consumption would be 70 crores litres of domestic water. If 3 lakhs domestic users are taxed with a small amount of rs.30 per month, then bwssb could generate a revenue of rs. 90 lakhs to 1 crore per month.

The above additional revenue can be utilised for replacing 50 year old sewage eartheren pipes with bigger dia pipes in bengaluru.

I hope the above suggestion could be given a thought and if implemented in true spirit, many improvements can be done for citizens welfare.

Thanks,

G. N. Srinivasan