Understanding Bengaluru’s Water

Understanding Bengaluru’s water means looking at how water moves through the city, where it comes from, how we use it and where it goes after.

Explore the different parts of Bengaluru’s water story through the sections below. 

Hydrology of Bengaluru

Explore Bengaluru’s hydrology through its elevation, watershed divide, rivers, streams and lakes, and see how the landscape shapes the movement of water across the city

Bengaluru’s Water Journey

Explore how the city’s water sources have changed over time, the status of its groundwater, where its water comes from today and the new sources being planned for the future.

Trees on Lake beds

While studying how lakes in and around Bengaluru responded to exceptional rainfall, we found something unexpected which is extensive tree cover across many lakebeds. Explore what we found and why it matters for Bengaluru.