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East Kolkata wetland system: a low cost efficient ecological water treatment
Posted on 11 May, 2009 11:59 AMA major problem faced by the towns and cities across the world is the dealing with the huge volume of wastewater generated everyday. The wastewater is either treated with high costing conventional water treatment procedures or let untreated into rivers or other water bodies.
Traditional water harvesting structures across India
Posted on 11 May, 2009 10:39 AMThis section from www.rainwaterharvesting.org deals with traditional water harvesting systems. Water has been harvested in India since antiquity, with our ancestors perfecting the art of water management. Many water harvesting structures and water conveyance systems specific to the eco-regions and culture has been developed.
- They harvested the rain drop directly. From rooftops, they collected water and stored it in tanks built in their courtyards. From open community lands, they collected the rain and stored it in artificial wells.
- They harvested monsoon runoff by capturing water from swollen streams during the monsoon season and stored it various forms of water bodies.
- They harvested water from flooded rivers
New content on India Water Portal: Research studies of the National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 10 May, 2009 09:01 AMPortal Staff member Vijay Krishna writes:
Traditional water body restoration in western Rajasthan by Tarun Bharat Sangh
Posted on 08 May, 2009 01:01 PMThe NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) was set up in the mid 1980's for rural development and environmental conservation work. Their work includes water, forest conservation and other social issues hence raising awareness and understanding of the natural world.
Water at a glance - a fact sheet by FAOWater on the relationship between water, agriculture, food security and poverty
Posted on 02 May, 2009 03:46 PMThis fact-sheet by FAOWater titled “Water at a glance” traces the relationship between water, agriculture, food security and poverty. People who have better access to water tend to have lower levels of undernourishment.
Baba Amte Centre For People's Empowerment: case study of a support voluntary organisation
Posted on 01 May, 2009 01:27 PMDilemma facing NGO action
Watershed development is not merely a matter of harvesting rainwater. Its success crucially entails:
• working out collective protocols of equitable and sustainable use of surface and ground water
Water to the people: drinking water and water for livelihoods - conflicts and alternative concepts in India – A report by Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) and Church Development Service (EED)
Posted on 30 Apr, 2009 12:21 PMThis study is a part of water and democracy programme initiated by the Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) as a joint initiative with Church Development Service (EED) in 2007 involving more than 50 partner organisations in South Asia.
Veera Narayana temple at Gadag town, Karnataka, solves its drinking water problem in summer by harvesting rainwater of 2005 monsoon
Posted on 16 Apr, 2009 01:17 PM"Going home with more than theerth", is a case study written by Shree Padre in April 2007, on the how the problem of drinking water availability in summer, was solved by the Veera Narayana Temple at Gadag town, through rain water harvesting.
District panchayat office in Kasaragod, Kerala, uses rainwater harvesting to tap the overhead source: a case study
Posted on 16 Apr, 2009 01:07 PM"Plenty on the roof", is a case study written by Shree Padre in August 2005, of how a district panchayat office in Kerala, used rainwater harvesting not just to overcome shortages in piped supply, but to tap the overhead source, so that no other source was needed.
Cauvery basin: its culture, places of historical significance, birth place, climate, precipitation, catchment, tributaries, state-wise spread, landuse
Posted on 14 Apr, 2009 12:21 PMCulture and places of historical significance
The river Cauvery has been the inspiration for various civilizations who have thrived on the banks of the river. This can be seen manifested in the various forms of art, culture and philosophy that have originated along the course of the river.