EARTHIAN

2014
SRI KUMARANS
CHILDRENS HOME
CBSE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
WATER
TEAM MEMBERSNISCHITH SHADAGOPAN M N
SUHAS VASISHT
SHASHWAT GHOSH
VIVEK G ADRAKATTI
AKASH BALAKRISHNAN

Nearly a billion people worldwide lack

clean drinking water
How long can we go to the well -before it
runs dry?

Introduction
Water is the sustainer of life on earth. With todays
growing population and casual usage of water,
conservation of water has become the need of the hour.
Our school is placed off Kanakapura road and there are
hundreds of apartment complexes coming up in every
nook and cranny. These apartments need water and use
ground water as one of their main sources of water. This
depletes ground water and will lead to a dangerously low
water table. If we travel further into the city then we
again see buildings all around, and most of them getting
water from the river Arakavati and its tributaries. This will
no doubt one day dry up the river of all its water leaving
Bangalore thirsty and repentant. This is not the scenario
of only Bangalore most of the cities of our country. It is
often said that you understand the value of something
only after it is gone. So do we wait for all the water to be
used up? Not really.
So to conserve the water we can use different easy-toimplement and cost effective ways to save water like Rain
Water Harvesting which is becoming mandatory for all
buildings. Other methods like desalination can also be
used to use sea water.
To understand the main challenges of water conservation
we tried to understand the problems of our school, which
will be no doubt magnified in the global scenario.

- DRINKING
WATER FOUN
TAINS

TASK1 FLOW OF WATER

- GARDENS
- SWIMMING
POOL
- KITCHEN
-

SEWAGE

SOURCES- INCHARGE
- WATER TANKERS
- BOREWELLS
- RAIN WATER HARVESTING

STORAGE-UNDERGROUND STORAGE
-OVERHEAD TANKS

USAGE-TOILETS
-CLEANING

Sources:RWH,Bore
wells and Tankers

-COOKING
-SWIMMING POOL

Storage

-DRINKING WATER FOUNTAINS

DISPOSAL-

Filtration

-WATER IS TREATED AND USED

Used Everywhere
FOR GARDENINGexcept Gardening

WATER FLOW
Water goes to STP

Water goes to
gardening and
some part is stored

TASK2 WATER
CONSUMPTION

Around 25% is used in toilets for washing hands, flushing

toilets and faucets. There are 24 toilets, out of which 16
are in the junior block and 8 are in the senior block.
Boys washrooms- 6
Girls washrooms-6
Womens washrooms-6
Mens washrooms- 6

9%

5%

34%
50%

JUNIOR BLOCK

50%
SENIOR BLOCK

Men

Women

Boys

Girls

52%

School kitchens use water to cook delicious food

 Cafeterias have drinking fountains and taps for hand

wash
Water fountains are sources for drinking water for
everyone
at school
Gardens use recycled water for trees and ornamental
plants.
Swimming pools use large amounts of water that are
continuously recycled at the STP.
Water is also used for mopping floors and cleaning
the classroom blackboards.
As far as we know, there are no leakages in the
school
Most water used in labs is consumed in the 2
chemistry and 2 biology labs of the senior block, and
the general science lab of the junior block.

% usage at each end-use location(Annual)

25%

25%

1%
0%
1%

18%

31%

Toilets

Gardening

Swimming Pool

Cafeteria

Drinking

Cleaning

Labs

Consumption of water [liters]

750

3000

4300

Boys

Girls

Teachers

The
boys use around 3000 liters a day in comparison to the
4300 liters the girls use.
The teachers use around 500 to 900 liters a day.

Other areas of water usage:

Gardening
Swimming pool
Kitchens
Science labs
Drinking water

4000
Girls
90

2900
Boys
150

500

1000

1500

2000

No of students

2500

3000

3500

Column1

For cleaning- Mopping- 728471 liters a year

Blackboards-11250 liters a year
Classrooms- 6250 liters a year

4000

4500

Buses -

552000 liters a year

Water for Cleaning

Mopping Corridors

Blackboards

Classrooms

Buses

552000
728471
6250
11250

Swimming pool-

Chemistry
lab
Biology lab
Physics lab
Total water

Overall water
consumption
780 liters
180 liters
40 liters
1000 liters

The swimming pool uses around 5, 20,000liters a day. This water is

reused by the second but sent back to the pool. The water supervisors
Giri, Naresh and Muthu gave us the required information to conduct our

TASK3 THE QUALITY OF

WATER

Tap water
Tests

Maximum Desirable
Limits

Maximum
Permissible Limits

Results

5
Unobjectionable

25
None

Turbidity

10

<5
Unobjection
able
0.00

Hardness
(CaCO3)
PH Value
Chloride

300

600

270.0

6.5 - 8.5
300
500

No relaxation
600
2000

7.9
141.85
460.0

0.3
0.2

1
None

0.05
0.04

Maximum
Permissible Limits

Results

Colour
Odour

Total
Dissolved
Solids
Iron
Residual
Free
Chlorine

Swimming pool water

Tests

Maximum
Desires Limits

Colour
Odour

5
Unobjectionable

25
None

Turbidity
Hardness
PH Value

5
300
6.5 - 8.5
300
500

10
600
No relaxation
600
2000

<5.00
Unobjection
able
0.00
270
6.70
425.40
990

0.3
0.2

1
None

0.05
0.18

Maximum
Desirable Limits

Maximum
Permissible Limits

Results

5
Unobjectionable

25
None

5
300

10
600

<5.50
Unobjection
able
0.00
270.0

6.5 - 8.5
300
500

No relaxation
600
2000

7.5
155
460.0

0.3
0.2

1
None

0.06
0.08

Chloride
Total
Dissolved
Solids
Iron

Residual Free
Chlorine

Wash basin water

Tests

Colour
Odour
Turbidity
Hardness
(CaCO3)
PH Value
Chloride
Total
Dissolved
Solids
Iron
Residual Free
Chlorine

Gardening water
Tests

Colour
Odour
Turbidity
Hardness
(CaCO3)
pH Value
Chloride
Total
Dissolved
Solids
Iron
Residual Free
Chlorine

Maximum
Desirable Limits

Maximum
Permissible Limits

Results

5
Unobjectionable

25
None

5
300

10
600

<5
Unobjection
able
0.00
268.0

6.5 - 8.5
300
500

No relaxation
600
2000

7.5
141.85
538.8

0.3
0.2

1
None

0.09
0.3

All these tests were done with the testing kit provided by
Jal Tara.

TASK4 RAINWATER HARVESTING

POTENTIAL

Total area of school campus: 83,515 sq.m

Area(sq.m)

Concrete
Surface
22680

Paved/Roa
d
4989

Unpaved/Gard
en
55846

Rainfall(m)

0.91

0.91

0.91

Runoff co-eff

0.8

0.5

0.1

2270

5082

Potential rainfall
16511.04
harvested/annum(k
l)

Potential rainfall harvested: 23,863.04 kl

Rainwater harvesting is done in our school. The water is
used for gardening and increasing the water table.

TASK5 CONNECTING THE DOTS

Name of the school: Sri Kumarans Childrens Home CBSE
Complete postal address with pin code:
Contact Person:
Contact phone numbers
Contact email ID
Number of students
Number of staff
Area of school = 83,515sq.m / 22 acres
Total monthly water consumption (kilolitres)
Monthly water consumption
USE
Gardening
Cleaning school building inc
toilets
Washing school vehicles
Sanitation(toilet+ hand
wash)

Total water consumed per

month (kl)

Kitchen(cooking+ washing
vessels + hand wash if
applicable)
Labs and such classes(craft
etc)
Others (1)
Others (2)

Sources

Uses

Colou
r

Turbidit
y

Quality

Sm
ell

Suspend
ed
Solids

Hardnes
s

Usage(1000L
)

Fluoride
test

Bacterial
Content
(salmonell
a)

Swimmi
ng
Pool
Drinking
water
Tap
water

Residu
al
chlorid
e

Recycle
d
Water
Rain
water