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Why?
Economics
Reduces water bills
Reduced water demand - water supply utility saves money on treatment and pumping
Reduces cost of infrastructure necessary for water supply
Environment
Energy saved – no pumping of water to our homes
If water is hard, adding soft rainwater improves water quality
Improves groundwater situation
Reduces demand for water at city/village level
Other
Simple, cost-effective, easy to construct and maintain
Viable in urban and rural areas, slums, low income housing, apartments
Can offset the need for multipurpose river projects
How?
The concept is simple
Collect
Recharge
Not new to India
Source: http://blog.shunya.net/shunyas_blog/2008/08/dholavira-a-har.html
They lead into a tank in the village from which water flow is regulated
The fish fed on mosquito larva and helped check malaria in this region.
Fields
Fields
Khadins of Jaisalmer
(harvesting structures for agricultural fields)
Similar system also practised in Ur (Iraq), the Negev desert, and in south west Colorado
An embankment prevents water from flowing away. Collected water seeps into the soil.
This water saturates land, which is then used for growing crops
Johads of Rajasthan
(provide water for domestic use)
Earthen or masonry rainwater harvesting structure,
for providing water for domestic use to the communities.
Photo by L R Burdak
Johads of Rajasthan
(provide water for domestic use)
Just before the on-set of the monsoon, the catchment area of the Tanka is cleaned up to
remove all possible pollutants
In many cases the stored water lasts for the whole year.
These simple traditional water harvesting structures are useful even during years of below-
normal rainfall.
http://twofloatingweeds.blogspot.com http://pashunz.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html
• Being revived in many parts of Rajasthan: traditional methods with some improvisations
For more information, check out
http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/Improvised.htm000
Deccan Plateau
Then
• Water harvested in a system of tanks that were fed
by seasonal streams
Now
• Tanks neglected
No perennial rivers
• Many regions facing water scarcity
http://media-2.web.britannica.com
• Uneven distribution of population
Read the book ‘Dying wisdom’ published by the Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE)
Collection
(Catchment)
Flat / sloping roofs
Transportation: Downtake
pipes
Storage in
tanks
The first village to have installed a maximum number of rainwater harvesting systems.
The Mysore Zilla Panchayat, an NGO (MYRADA) and the villagers worked together
The villagers of Gendathur use rainwater for all their everyday needs; they even use it for
drinking and cooking.
Some people
Chewang Norphel, 62, of Leh, Ladakh.
• If the guessers get the right answer in 30 secs, they get 5 points
• If the guessers get the right answer in 60 secs, they get 3 points
• Otherwise
• The chance then goes to Team B and so on.
Rules
• No mouthing of words
• No names or numbers to be written
• No actions
Turn off the projector now, so that
the whole class cannot see the clues.
The 2 representatives of Team A
can come up to the computer and
see the clue.
Ready?
Round 1
• Team A – Khadin
• Team B – Johad
• Team C – Tanka
• Team D – Kul
• Team E – Inundation channel
Round 2
• Team A – Dholavira
• Team B – Spiti valley
• Team C – Rann of Kutch
• Team D – Deccan Plateau
• Team E – Jaisalmer
Round 3
• Team A – Thar
• Team B – North East India
• Team C – Bamboo drip irrigation
• Team D – Indira Gandhi Canal
• Team E – Gendathur
Round 4
• Team A – collection
• Team B – storage
• Team C – recharge
• Team D – filter
• Team E – pipelines