<p>Bengaluru: Accepting the BWSSB’s 'Green Star' challenge, 629 buildings and establishments have registered for the ratings that would recognise and honour the five water conservation formulae.</p>.<p>Making it a major part of its 'Save Water, Grow Bengaluru' programme, the BWSSB invited apartment communities and establishments to take part in the programme.</p>.<p>Those who registered for the challenge include 416 apartments and 68 government and 52 commercial buildings, 32 hotels, 16 hospitals, 11 educational institutions, and one dhobi ghat.</p>.<p>The five criteria to win the challenge are: deploying water conserving technology, maximum utility of treated water, using technology at borewells, setting up rainwater harvesting facilities, and awareness creation on all these initiatives among customers and others.</p>.<p>"This is an ambitious programme of the BWSSB to save water and use it rationally,” BWSSB chairperson Ramprasad Manohar said in a release. “Buildings and establishments obtaining the 'Green Star' rating will play a major role in building a water sufficient Bengaluru. We will have more programmes to include all water users in this campaign."</p>.<p><strong>Disruption of water supply</strong> </p>.<p>Bengaluru will experience a 5% water supply disruption on Wednesday, as all pumps within the five stages of the Cauvery Water Supply Scheme serving the city will cease operations for one hour.</p>.<p>This downtime is necessary to conduct electrical work at Harohalli and Tataguni as part of the Cauvery V Stage project. BWSS boss Ramprasat Manohar V has sought cooperation from all citizens.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Accepting the BWSSB’s 'Green Star' challenge, 629 buildings and establishments have registered for the ratings that would recognise and honour the five water conservation formulae.</p>.<p>Making it a major part of its 'Save Water, Grow Bengaluru' programme, the BWSSB invited apartment communities and establishments to take part in the programme.</p>.<p>Those who registered for the challenge include 416 apartments and 68 government and 52 commercial buildings, 32 hotels, 16 hospitals, 11 educational institutions, and one dhobi ghat.</p>.<p>The five criteria to win the challenge are: deploying water conserving technology, maximum utility of treated water, using technology at borewells, setting up rainwater harvesting facilities, and awareness creation on all these initiatives among customers and others.</p>.<p>"This is an ambitious programme of the BWSSB to save water and use it rationally,” BWSSB chairperson Ramprasad Manohar said in a release. “Buildings and establishments obtaining the 'Green Star' rating will play a major role in building a water sufficient Bengaluru. We will have more programmes to include all water users in this campaign."</p>.<p><strong>Disruption of water supply</strong> </p>.<p>Bengaluru will experience a 5% water supply disruption on Wednesday, as all pumps within the five stages of the Cauvery Water Supply Scheme serving the city will cease operations for one hour.</p>.<p>This downtime is necessary to conduct electrical work at Harohalli and Tataguni as part of the Cauvery V Stage project. BWSS boss Ramprasat Manohar V has sought cooperation from all citizens.</p>