rain water harvesting
The principle of
collecting and using precipitation from a catchments surface.An old technology
is gaining popularity in a new way. Rain water harvesting is enjoying a
renaissance of sorts in the world, but it traces its history to biblical times.
Extensive rain water harvesting apparatus existed 4000 years ago in the
Palestine and Greece. In ancient Rome, residences were built with individual cisterns
and paved courtyards to capture rain water to augment water from city's
aqueducts. As early as the third millennium BC, farming communities in
Baluchistan and Kutch impounded rain water and used it for irrigation dams.
Rain water
harvesting is essential because:-
Surface water is
inadequate to meet our demand and we have to depend on ground water.Due to
rapid urbanization, infiltration of rain water into the sub-soil has decreased
drastically and recharging of ground water has diminished.
As you read this
guide, seriously consider conserving water by harvesting and managing this
natural resource by artificially recharging the system. The examples covering
several dozen installations successfully operating in India constructed and
maintained by CGWB, provide an excellent snapshot of current systems.For further details mail us to greenish.skp.tgcc@gmail.com
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