CONSERVATION, RESTORATION &

MANAGEMENT OF LAKES

Jahnavi R, Jyotsna Sripada & Divya P

Vidyaniketan Pre-University College

Ullal Upanagar, Bangalore 560 056

December 28, 2006

 OBJECTIVE

 STUDY OF CONSERVATION, RESTORATION

AND MANAGEMENT OF LAKES.

 EMPHASIS ON CONTRIBUTION OF LAKES

TO OUR ECO-SYSTEM.
 INTRODUCTION
USES OF LAKES :
 ESSENTIALFOR HUMAN HABITAT
 HOME TO BIRDS, FLORA & FAUNA

 USEFUL IN RECHARGING GROUND

WATER
 VITAL PART OF THE FRESH WATER
ECO-SYSTEM
 FLOOD CONTROL AND STORM
PROTECTION
 INTRODUCTION contd.

 CAUSES FOR LAKE DEPLETION:

– INADEQUATE RAINFALL

– INDUSTRIAL WASTES

– DIGGING OF BOREWELLS

– UNPLANNED URBANIZATION
PROJECT STUDIES

 Sample analysis of Ullal lake.

 Conclusion of a survey conducted in
the area.
 Interview with an environmentalist
 Detailed study of Ulsoor lake .
 SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF ULLAL
LAKE
PARAMETE CONCEN STANDAR CONCLUSI
R TRATIO D VALUE ON
N
PH 7.4 6 - 8.5 NORMAL

DISSOLVED 6.4 mg/l 9.1 mg/l NORMAL

OXYGEN

BIOLOGICAL 1.1mg/l 1 – 2mg/l NORMAL

OXYGEN DEMAND

E.COLI 240 - CONTAMINATED

WITH
PATHOGENS
CHLORIDES 25mg/l - NORMAL
 INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC
NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS 15

PERIOD OF RESIDENCY 4 TO 20 YEARS

OCCUPATION DETAILS ORGANISED SECTOR -8

BUSINESS- 2,UNORGANISED- 5

AGE GROUP OF 7 TO 60 YEARS

RESPONDENTS
INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC contd
 ACTIVITIES SPOILING THE LAKE:

 DUMPING WASTE MATTER

 USAGE AS PUBLIC TOILET

 IMMERSION OF IDOLS
LAKE PROBLEMS
 EUTROPHICATION – The ageing process

 SEDIMENTATION – Soils wash into the lake

 EXCESS ALGAE – Microscopic aquatic plants

 CONTAMINATION – Pollution from toxic substances

 ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION OF POLLUTANTS

EXCESSIVE WEED GROWTH
DUMPED GARBAGE
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
DYING AND DECOMPOSING BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOM
BREEDING MOSQUITO LARVAE
STRATEGIES FOR
RESTORATION (ULLAL LAKE)
 ADHERENCE TO WATER QUALITY STANDERDS(WQS)

 WEED REMOVAL

 AFFORESTATION ALONG TANK BUND

 DESILTATION

 PREVENT POINT SOURCE OF POLLUTION

 CORRECT NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION PROBLEMS

DETAILED STUDY OF ULSOOR LAKE

Size: 50 acres

Current problems:

HYACINTH INFESTED WATER

CONTAMINATED WITH SLIME

UNCHECKED EFFLUNTES

SEWAGE DISCHARGE

UNPLANNED URBANISATION
STUDY OF ULSOOR LAKE CONTD

 SUGGESTIONS FROM “SAVE ULSOOR

LAKE FOUNDATION”

DESILTING OF LAKE

MEASURES TO PREVENT SEWAGE AND

POLLUTANTS
EFFECT OF INADEQUATE DISSOLVED
OXYGEN
 LOST LAKES
NAME OF LAKE STATUS NOW
SHOOLY LAKE FOOTBALL STADIUM
AKKITHIMMANAHALI HOCKEY STADIUM
LAKE
DARMAMBUDI LAKE KEMPEGOWDA BUS
STAND
CHALLAGATTA LAKE GOLF COURSE
DOMLUR LAKE BDA LAYOUT
NAGASHETTIHALI SPACE DEPARTMENT
LAKE
KEMPEGOWDA BUS STATION – ONCE
DHARMAMBUDI LAKE
GOLF COURSE- ONCE CHALLAGHATTA LAKE
STADIUM – ONCE SHOOLAY LAKE
RESIDENTIAL LAYOUT – ONCE
KORAMANGALA LAKE
 lake Conservation
 DEVELOP AQUATIC LIFE

 PREVENT ENCROACHMENT

 SET UP AN INTERAGENCY REGULATORY BODY

 INVOLVE INSTITUTIONS AND COLLEGES INWATER

QUALITY MONITORING

 CREATE PUBLIC AWARENESS.

IN-LAKE RESTORATION
TECHNIQUES
METHOD ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGE
S
DILUTION WASHES OUT REQUIRES LARGE
SURFACE ALGAE VOLUME OF WATER

ARTIFICIAL PROVIDES DOES NOT

CIRCULATION AERATION AND DECREASE ALGAE
OXYGENATION BIOMASS

DREDGING CONTROLS AQUATIC HIGH COST

VEGETATION
 AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL
TECHNIQUES
METHOD ADVANTAGES DRAWBACKS
Inexpensive. Flexible. Not practical for large
Manual Methods: areas.
(Handpulling, raking and
cutting)
Easy to operate, Can Good only for limited
Weed Rolling: give season-long area around dock.
Rolls plants flat or
control.
detaches them from
bottom sediment
May control Potential toxic effects.
Herbicides: Apply
macrophyte and algae Decomposes plant
chemicals to kill or
growth. material
control plants.
Nontoxic. Low High cost. Prone to
Sediment Covers environmental impact damage, displacement,
(Bottom barriers)
and plant regrowth
WETLAND MANAGEMENT
 INTENSIVE MONITORING

 INTERACTION AND COOPERATION AMONG VARIOUS AGENCIES

INVOLVED

 MAINTAIN IMPORTANT NATURAL PROCESSES THAT OPERATE

ON LAKES THAT MAY BE ALTERED BY HUMAN ACTIVITIES

 CONDUCT REGULAR WATER QUALITY MONITORING

 CREATING BUFFER ZONES FOR LAKE PROTECTION

 DEVELOPMENT OF WATER QUALITY DATABASE

 ANALYSE AND DISCUSS CASE STUDIES

 CONCLUSION
 ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE OF UNPLANNED
URBANIZATION AND GROWING POPULATION
HAVE TAKEN ITS TOLL ON WETLANDS.

 LAKES ARE POLLUTED MAINLY DUE TO

SEWAGE FROM DOMESTIC & INDUSTRIAL
SECTORS

 IT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FROM

THE AUTHORITIES TO RESTORE THEM
 HAD ALL THE LAKES BEEN
PROTECTED,
BANGALORE
WOULD HAVE BEEN NEXT TO
WALES OF U.K.
THANK YOU