Among the users of groundwater, America is in the list with 31 percent of the worldwide total, while India is at 15 and Pakistan is at 13 percent. Photo courtesy: […]
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Rain Water Harvesting- builtify
Water is everywhere in the world. But the amount of sweet water or usable water is very less . we can say it is the most scarce resource in the […]
Need to reimagine rainwater harvesting and adapt it to contemporary times
Photo courtesy: Santhosh Kumar Rainwater harvesting has been practiced for centuries as a way to collect and store rainwater for later use. The increasing demand for water, the depletion of […]
At this village school in Karnataka, every drop of rainwater is harvested and reused
The government school in Kora village in Tumakuru has enough water for drinking, cooking, washing and gardening purposes thanks to the rainwater harvesting system installed with the help of the […]
Ahmedabad man’s rainwater harvesting startup helps save 125 billion litres of water; clocks Rs 2 crore annual revenues
Plastic engineer Amit Doshi’s startup NeeRain offers an easy-to-install rainwater harvesting device that recharges borewells, improving the quantity and quality of groundwater. Currently sold in seven countries, it is helping […]
India’s water crisis: The clock is ticking
We need to promote a decentralised approach, with a key focus on water conservation, source sustainability, storage and reuse wherever possibles Photo courtesy: Getty Images India is facing one of […]
Catch where it falls: Tradition for water revolution
Photo courtesy: Getty Images We have not understood the science and art of harvesting rain on land. It’s time we learn from the wisdom that we have ignored and allowed to […]
Catch the rain, fix water crisis: How Odisha leads by example
Photo courtesy: Down to earth Odisha has deveoped 12,000 rainwater harvesting structures to facilitate water conservation and ground water recharge in 2,035 wards Water is a source of life for […]
Roofs, rain and life: How to incentivize and implement rainwater harvesting
Photo courtesy: Muench/Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) Secretariat Co-author: Carmen Anthonj , Assistant Professor GeoHealth, Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente While rainwater harvesting can result in […]
India is staring at water poverty
Climate-change induced deficient rainfall, poor storage of rainwater and water-intensive agriculture are responsible Photo courtesy: Dhakatimes According to data released by the India Meteorological Department, the South-West monsoon during June- […]