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2060 what can we do today to mitigate the domino effect of such a lapse in central and south asia, water supply system. that's what we talk about today. hello, welcome to eco india. i'm some of that uncle. let's start in bangalore, in india, south, over the last decade, the city has worked impressively to build systems to treat all the switch generates following a government directive. larger apartment complexes now have to set up food treatment plans to treat and reuse their waste water. the visitor to such plans to find out if this approach is easing bengals water wars the ah, a jeep bonnie good overseas. the sewage treatment plant at his apartment complex. the software engineer lives in banga, lew india, the fastest growing city that struggling to meet its water needs. its the country's

1st to port residence in charge of the raised water. a novel approach that explored seek and water pollution and see fresh water traditionally. so it's shipment happens in centralized treatment plans, but what daniel has done because the city has sort of leapfrogged in its development. the utilities haven't been able to keep pace with his ever growing demand for which treatments in 2016, they introduce a mandate requiring people to treat their own sewage in decentralized. so shape and plans located in apartments. apartments in complexes like the one a g funny guy calls whom it installed a conventional sewage treatment plant to comply with the rules. it's one of more than 2 and a half 1000 small scale sanitation systems now operating in banga. lulu. collectively this d centralized network treats about 20 percent of the city see which households use the recycle water to flush toilets and water gardens. in 2013, we had

a lake we were our water source was well, and i don't want to depleted totally. and we started buying waterfall, that's no longer necessity times to the complex on sites which treat planned. but many been the lu residence complain about the high acquisition and running costs. we are selling out around $60000.00 of this settlement for the average and also end of the year. every year we need to or only the be open to working in 3 different shapes. and quantum monitoring is the that every day to times he used to want to do. and i want to be water quality. and emily level, in addition to the operating costs and the labor required to run them, such plants also take up lots of space. who are maintenance can lead to unpleasant orders? an disturbing noise? a local start up sought to address these issues with a small scale treatment planned that is cheaper any the to operate when

a start to finish and how do you feed the seabees? we said, look at nature, how did need to form from richmond, and it's in the most because i was looking at business or adding back to the number one of a is not sustainable. so how did need to solve? so the phone and of the big back to the one from one organic, some with less, not a big on the water, send them back to the home, super of got and the executive. and that's also present things with phonics and, and also the phone call. stomach is a very good and it back to your mission so to speak. it can be going to be mimicking account digestive system. this plan to, to save it with bacteria in underground chambers. gravity moves the c ridge from chamber to chamber, the for that it goes, the more the solid will settle down and the water gets cleared up until it is finally c. p use for non portable purposes. ah, with the plan stored in the underground residential buildings have more room for

community spaces like playgrounds, at $22.00 lac rupees or $27000.00 euros. these plans are somewhat more expensive to install it, but in the long run, the company saves. they're far more sufficient central command that roger lived in an enclave that recently switched to this model. he's happy with the result of quality of the writing. do you see that and it looks constantly or so during the final out, when you get a clear water. and we let this water photo regarding the grown water, the save my 6 years after the city mandated guy which to which treatment recycle was still only account for 10 percent of the lose daily water consumption. more than half of the water treated on private premises remains unused, and is funneled into leaks in and around bank a little. this water is written new trains that are good for gardening,

but harmful to lake ecosystems. here they contribute to toxic fung dropping on the water surface. we find ourselves at a very interesting point in the sewage treatment starting because if the government actually finds alternate uses for this water, it will not only incentivize residents to maintain their systems better and have better quality effluent. but it can also help with the water gas, the problem, the city as a whole, because it's a bring down the water that's needed for things like construction industrial greening box. and as well as even thinking about aquifer the charge if it's done well. so the possibly these are endless, but it just need to quiet planning. that's a whole full outlook for other cities across india. that fees are fast approaching what prices. where innovations in ways water management could make a clear difference on the east from england. noodle, the self contained community of auto when somebody is aiming to set the standards

for the net energy positive habitat. it's causing project humans keeps isn't think we need to. the community, for example, collect rain water in a unique manner. let's see how have you list open orders? how was it? is that the building and there are roads. this is contacts a local and he's famous for building green buildings of other people. quality greenhouse buildings are present with plants increase. but we don't feel that way since we've been doing only data. sustainability is very simple. just think twice the can be bought barre. oh, we really need this. it can be even photo been when you buy auto square for the building. you build me as an architect, she and her being well done to me and architect an open plan of the building, open, happy patient project in order we'll put cheating. they called it humans cubes. and with humans case, they had one goal. if they can build differently with different kinds of technology

and planning, and actually have young people live in it, you actually influence a generation that is what human scapes with about, how to make changes for building more sustainable india. so, you want a sustainable building. what is the 1st thing? it's never meant that the lands natural landscape when a drop of water falls here. where does it go and where does it end up? you know, this is over a long geological period that water has caused the landscape and money disturbed it . what happens is what happens in gen i every month from water goes and stands on people's houses and other people don't new i'm drinking water. so the best way to avoid this kind of open flooding, oven drug is to manage water. most of the water that falls on our hand is what they should work like. so either under putting our rainwater hot,

this is irene water harvesting tank. we have channels in water from the roof in different areas below, dance connected to chains, chains as we can see, the chain systemic old tradition houses, the rainwater goes on to these chains and it flows without spillage. if we allow the water to hit the ground with the same force, it leads to high soil erosion. so we reduce the speed by laying bevels on the ground and the speed on the couch. with in the main, at, at the gl or m order in the main area, brakes have been clean in between the cement blocks for the rain water to penetrate and flow in the center. we have a board available even if there is accessory in fall, the water will drain slowly. this is how we harvest green water here. so you put it on the rainwater on the card with wonderful. now that you understand how to build according to the topography you need to focus on the climate zone you're going to

build in. humans. kids for example, is built in a hot humans on. but the main problem is heat and humidity. when these 2 come together, a person living here tends to switch a lot more than those. another agent, this directly increases once dependency on fans and air conditioners and indirectly, the dependent on electricity to that eustace, the architects focused on crossway installation in each house. so on the breeze, then we check for the direction of the breeze. it's in the north south direction. that's by all the openings and the buildings faced the static shade of on the face . plenty of other cars. next problem is heat heat. so we look at all the sun moves, what time of the day the sun hits, which part of the building, and what do you put inside the building in those places where the sun is hitting, we bring the bill in this building, the wall to 24 centimeters, take them and are built with natural red soil. yeah. the clear type wall doesn't allow the heat to penetrate. by the time it penetrates 4 to 5 centimeters with the

walls, the sun has set and so the house doesn't warm up at all. between the sun and the wind and the angle of the building, you're actually work out how to put various functions inside the building. and then you have comfort. it's as simple as if you were to apply just these 2 concepts to developing of in cities, you're veiling scratching the surface of sustainability while constructing buildings and cities. we need to remember that the building industry is one of the major contributors of energy in this world. in 2020, this sector accountant for 36 percent of global final energy consumption and 37 percent of all energy related carbon dioxide emissions. a huge contributor to the change is the building materials. usually we want to have building materials which have a little carbon footprint. so we look at what does it that we want to avoid, or at least reduce. for instance,

of the ceiling. they use the woodstock instead of depending on reinforced concrete anika faces and the surface is formed as breaks at age between 2 beam strong. in normal fire breaks, there is no steel, cement, or plaster needed plastering needed apart from reducing steel interment. very cycle 3 important these me detail in the building industry. steadwood of other ways ended up in line since 1st construction, which was crushed and used in the modern world. then to cut don't keep, they use discarded, thought quality rights that make does for the rules. and baselines don't pieces for the world. not only do these 2 materials in the governing the building, but they're also cost efficient material. when the belinda, the important thing is that there is no material cost in the construction. as we use in scrap material every 2 weeks we collected traps and small quantities from local shops in the week. we did this process as these materials are not found that easily. there's only so much that you can influence with design. so post occupancy . how do you can influence a sustainable lifestyle?

so that's what we aimed at. we said we aim at a huge housing program that single couples and even small families to live together in a way that the share and what the share, the share space. i think it was very comfortable for me here. i moved here in february and i haven't felt lonely since then because that enough people to talk to here on days, i haven't prepared dinner and they make dinner for me too. but i enjoyed that sharing a lot on the shutting it in a good mobile. he called me go and people to sharon, the useless office, a utility block with an area set aside for vacation and common washing machines is included normally tanya, now instead of buying a washing machine and spending more on electricity, water, we have common months here. i don't come when i go to bed on the, on the new interface, but most of us here won't waste water. jamie, what is the cycle and reuse for the garden? i didn't plan to convey to you,

you can't keep talking what electricity consumption when you thinking of a sustainable building for the indian subcontinent, particularly to me and one of the most reliable sources of renewable energy, energy, mystic scale, is rooftop solar panels, combined with an efficient building design, so how can you see if it's making a significant difference in electricity consumption among the residents? what is actually the average energy consumed person for emergency housing, which is middle income group housing that's addressing them not addressing a low income group, closing it with then we will try for $45.00 kilowatt, spoke with about 30 percent less and more the standards and we are changing it. can someone replicate from another? sure it can be done, but it can be copied as design works out only in this context. we have read out appear to be of use the order of technology. what materials are available locally? how does it reflect in that climate?

we have got to consider all this. and so that's me. and for being that this model of human scapes with a focus on co sharing could be adopted by college campuses in the future. and that's just the beginning. sustainable buildings could help develop cities that aren't just as indian to climate change, but also contribute less to it. this isn't the only solution, but it's definitely much needed start. ah, the fruits, vegetables and greens, we require a lot of water to be grown well in 2021, 22. india was the 2nd largest consumer of rice in the world, just behind china. it takes nearly 5000 liters of water to produce one k g o 3 and a special technique helps minimize the. let's see how anyone who has driven through the state of bond job is familiar with this sect feels of body the rice crop. historically rice has been grown here just like this. the method is called paddling

where crops are submerged in water for weeks. this is one of the most water intensive ways to cultivate body and the results are in punjab is now facing and increasingly severe water crisis. farmers and having to figure out ways around it, like good breed thing. who was experimenting with the technique that is making inroads in north india? bonnie volcano gayona's already every year the water level is falling by 5 to 10 feet or up to 3 meters in orlando, give or only be adopted the direct sawing of rise technique. good because it requires less water level of thought. again, you started to understand how the direct sewing technique works. no, we're going to look at the old method 1st. traditionally, saplings of rice are grown in a nursery for weeks and transplanted into the field which are flooded. but rise is

not actually an aquatic crop. it just has a great ability to tolerate being submerged. the what is mean role is to repel pests and works as a natural we decide. in an on 5 month, the crops can be harvested and done into rice in the form. we know. but this method uses up to 5000 liters of water per kilogram of rice. and as been jobs, water tables shrinks. it is predicted that rice may not groovy on a few decades direct sewing or the dsr technique is the alternative where seeds are so indirectly by hand or machines. more seeds may be needed for the same area, but yields remain largely on par with the traditional method machine to save labor and related costs, an advantage in punjab, whether is a labor shortage or did you? i did bucher b b s r. i have saved almost 20 percent of my water bill and you can see here who did

this has not affected the quality of my paddy at all. i don't i got i got the punjab state government is now offering farmers compensation for bees 1500 around 18 euros a season to switch to the new method to conserve water landscape. mrs fears is did not at all for russia. dr. gur, they've seen kush as an independent agronomist from the region who says that dsr is of the way forward. this is very important. i totally know another country is, you know, do they also do the dsr? oh, was fluid your job or i smoke united spears. so you say in order not any big convention, it's dead. i mean there's used in other places. so it should be used in north india, but they have to adapt it or not does to the local my local

conditions. he means that i do mean obstacles him farmer than punjab. generally don't own land large enough to justify the cost of machines on their own and paying for labor to plant rice by hand, especially during the labor shot it is costly. the 2nd reason is that it did a lot of need more if there's no water weeds compete with plants and best attack freshly. so in seeds, this incidentally is why more seeds are needed for the same yield. controlling weeds and pests also requires more labor and we decides and pesticides. these can be expensive and also bad for the soil in the long run. it's a tough choice between saving water and protecting soil. but there are other reasons. testing has shown that d s. our crops need to be irrigated exactly 3 weeks after sewing to create the best results. it believe the main issue is that i need

to pump the water at a particular time. and what do i do with the electricity supply? feels like it often does. i crops dry and die. ship shamble belongs to the majority of small farmers who have not switched over yet. keegan g. okay, you convince me to adopt dsl. i agree that it will save whatever badly about anybody, but my father and grandfather had been practicing puddling every day. how can i let go of a traditional practice? the state needs to find a way to conserve water, but equally the concerns of farmers need to be addressed from the affordability of machines to the right li decides, and electricity issues before there can be a large scale adoption the from 1st advantage in the direction you do is growing rather pulse voted in boerger. so what you personally lenders in so so more summary, robert prince should not actually the 1st steps have already been taken and

supporting farmers and making the switch will take the state and of goals of water conservation. a long way will done is touted for its gross national happiness and its positive carbon balance sheet. but this hasn't shielded it from the drastic effects of climate change. the country is struggling with a water crisis. it's residents also leap between having too much water or too little water. how are they tackling this? let's find out. for the people of be tom glaciers, the mountains are sacred. like these 7000 meter peaks at the border to the back. though the glaciers days appeared to be numbered, the ice is melting g to climate change, as shown on this animation by the w w. f and the jo ann, the glacial lakes have become a major flood threat. nearly 20 mountain lakes are currently at rest. in the south, every time the monsoon season is normally in july, but in recent years,

the heavy rains have come to sit on tight earlier in the month of may. the seats owned by local farmers were washed from the fields and the rainwater vanishes. almost as suddenly as it appeared, springs of running dry and mountain streams have slowed to a trickle. according to the un, or than 60 percent of the towns population has no access to clean drinking water, we had out to see the source of the village as well to supply some 16 kilometers away. village leader, none that our corral wants to show an environmental expert the situation they're facing here. they've been frequent disputes with the neighboring villages. the rules for access to spring water, a strict nam gay who works, but returns tarianna foundational hopes to improve water management head. the project received support from the international climate initiative. this was this

water belongs to another group of we've already spoken many years ago that we can share the water for cultivation of everything. but she wrung to you. also. they also have $400.00 households and a population of $4.00 to $5000.00 ordered. so they're dipping into this water. yet, they already been in this, at least they share the drinking water with us, but it's not a solution with the drinking, but the young students who attend setting tase central school are also affected by the water shortage. the 860 students have just one source of water for bathing and laundry. you don't have enough water to wash anybody in that they have for water to wash your coach. and because of that only give to all sorts of skin diseases and touches one big challenge. the narrow valley in the south of baton near the border to india has a sub tropical climate. at the valley's edge lies the village of dutch and pell ray

. the water supply is a problem here to the monsoon has become irregular, and when it does rain, the torrential downpours often wreak havoc when the room closed for all the further coming down and all like alone, float williams before them done and destroying the waterfall. 3, if you go do you want to go over preliminary re blonde because i live in the village belt a water tank to irrigate that fields, the water comes from the mountains 3 plastic pipes, but they are often damaged and landslides. and then as the elephant it was didn't what own way they come into the village almost every night your small groups of young elephants are usually they tear off clusters of bananas or bamboo plants. 5 minutes later they leave water. we try to scare them off with noise and our flashlights. bigelow and the electric fence is being held to keep the elephants out

. that way the hurts will stay in their natural habitat where they have an important role to play with. i'm going to be good movie. but the elephant is an architect of for us. he decides what the forest is going to look like. and if there is a tick pushes, ah, he just go in, we trample it, and it opens up for the regeneration of returns. forrests are important to the countries water supply. they also play a vital role in maintaining bio diversity and protecting the climate. tiny baton is doing its best to adapt to climate change, the residence of the mountainous kingdom, half little of the choice. some scientists predict that the wars of the future will be fought over water. many in our generation already living with the inaccessibility to portable water. the smallest individual action could help to the

fix that leaky tap. turn off the running water while brushing your teeth have shorter showers. i leave you with that and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for watching with ah, ah, with

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