MINI PERCOLATION TANK

WATER HARVESTING
Capturing rainwater where it falls
Provides

drinking and irrigation water

Increases

groundwater recharge

Reduces

urban floods

Traditional Water Harvesting

Practices

Kund-Thar Desert
Talab
Zing-Ladakh
Johad- Alwar,Rajasthan
Kuis
Eri-Tamil Nadu
Source: http://www.rainharvesting.org

Bamboo Drip
IrrigationMeghalaya

CASE STUDY: Mini Percolation

Tank

Washing away of fertile topsoil

Advice to build stone bunds

Construction of stone bunds underway

Digging of a small percolation tank

Growing of two crops using stored water and

deposited silt.

MYRADA Kadiri project

(KIPDOW)
De-silting of Reddy Kuntasilt applied to farmlands;
recharges groundwater

Diversion channel
being dug near village
Jowkula of Anantapur
district
Source: http://www.myrada.org/kadri

IMPACT

Improvement in moisture regime

Controlled topsoil erosion
Increase in arable land
Increase in cropping intensity
Improved soil structure due to application
of silt
Trees on the bund increase biomass
production
Fields downstream growing crops due to
percolation.

BENEFITS-WATER
HARVESTING
Reduces sediment export from uplands
Increase in crop production in areas where
normally not feasible
Reduction in desertification-improved
reforestation
Improvement in pastures
Reduces soil erosion
Flushes salt buildup from soils- increases land
productivity
Earthen bunds on small streams allow stored
water in the lakes to percolate and recharge the
groundwater body.

THANK YOU!

Ipsita Das
Roll No.18