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| Photo Credit: Special Arrangementmore-inStating that sea water desalination plants will do more harm to the marine eco system than solve the drinking water crisis, T.V. It may be mentioned here that the government authorities are making moves to set up sea water desalination plants in Mangaluru. 8 tmcft of water for MumbaiBottled water manufacturers are drawing about 8 tmcft of water from the Netravathi river basin for sending them to Mumbai, according to Mr.
Ramanchandra. Thus 70% of Bengaluru’s water requirement is met by rainfall which will have to be harvested properly. He said that the ecology in the Netravathi river basin should be conserved at any cost for the future generation particularly in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi..