The Great Divide: exploring the divergence between urban metabolism in theory and practice in water supply system in Bengaluru

Figures & data

Figure 1. Boundary of Comprehensive Development Plan compared with the built up area from 2012 satellite image.

Figure 2. Terrain of Bengaluru with valley system.

Figure 3. Water sources shifting away from the city.

Table 1. Details of water supply to each subdivision.

Stages of Cauvery	Subdivisions
I stage and II stage	S1, SW1, SW2, SW3, SW4, and partly to SE1, SE3, and W1
III stage	C1, C2, C3, NE1, NE2, NE3, and partly to SE1, SE2, NW1, and E1
IV stage I phase	NW1, NW2, NW3, W1, W3, S2, S3, S4, SE3 and Electronic City
IV stage II phase	E1, E2, E3, SE2, N1, N2 and International Airport in the north

Figure 4. Subdivisions of BWSSB jurisdiction overlaid on SRTM DEM.

Figure 5. The details of pumping to different subdivisions of BWSSB.

Figure 6. The spatial pattern of energy consumption in BWSSB subdivisions.