Summary:
The authorities had on July 13 stopped pumping of treated water as untreated water had accidentally mixed with the treated water due to heavy rain. The court on July 24 had restrained the government from re-starting the pumping of treated water following reports of water contamination. The testing of the treated water collected during the trial run met specified environmental standards. more-inThe Karnataka High Court on Friday allowed the State government and its agencies to re-start pumping of treated water from the Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) in the Koramangala-Challaghatta (KC) valley of Bengaluru to fill minor irrigation tanks in Kolar and Chikkaballapura districts for recharging the groundwater. However, after the government assured that the system has been readied for release of water, the court on September 11 permitted authorities to temporarily conduct a trial run of the system to collect treated water at two jack well collection points only for the purpose analysing treated water..