Jakkur lake is one of the biggest and well known lakes in north bangalore covering around 160 acres its located near yelahanka and is surrounded by many residential areas so a lot of local people come there for walking jogging or just to relax the lake gets its water mainly from two sources rainwater and treated wastewater during the rainy season rainwater from the nearby roads houses and open areas flows into the lake helping it fill naturally apart from that theres a sewage treatment plant stp nearby that treats dirty water from homes like kitchen and bathroom water after cleaning this water doesnt directly go into the lake first it goes through a small wetland near the lake where plants and soil give it one more round of natural cleaning then the clean water flows into the lake this whole system helps the lake stay alive and full even when it doesnt rain much compared to many other lakes in the city jakkur lake is better maintained because of this but still its important for people to keep it clean and not throw any waste into it - 35 Results
