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Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
A movie on rainwater harvesting in an urban home
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 12:34 PMCourtesy: KUIDFC, Time: 7:09mins.
Getting started with rainwater harvesting: A movie in Kannada
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 12:30 PMTime: 1:12 mins.
The ACT water efficiency calculator: A tool to help save water
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 12:21 PMClick here to read more about the water efficiency calculator
Megh Pyne Abhiyan: An initiative to promote rainwater harvesting to provide safe drinking water during floods
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 12:15 PMMegh Pyne Abhiyan - Baadh prabhavit sthalon mein varsha jal sangrahan
Read more about the effort in Hindi
"Sooru Neeru" - A book in Kannada on rooftop rainwater harvesting
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 12:08 PM"Sooru Neeru" - A Kannada book from the Karnataka State Resource Center provides information about rooftop rainwater harvesting.
Total size: 3MB
Download all seven parts in Kannada from the links provided
Nela Jala' - A book about rainwater harvesting from the Karnataka State Resource Center
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 11:48 AM'Nela Jala', a book from the Karnataka State Resource Center talks extensively about rainwater harvesting and also touches upon related aspects like water quality, agricultural practice, rainfall data.
Total size 3.0 MB
Traditional rainwater harvesting structures of Karnataka - A Kannada book from CDL
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 11:29 AMA book by Communication for Development and Learning, Bangalore about the traditional rainwater harvesting structures that have been in use in Karnataka.
Maps depicting the arsenic contamination in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plains between 1976 and 2008
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 06:11 PMThe School of Environmental Studies - Jadavpur University (SOES-JU), has done path-breaking research in reporting and documenting the issue of Arsenic contamination in the country.
"The wisdom that was !" - A talk by Anupam Mishra on the traditional water harvesting systems of the Thar desert, Rajasthan
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 05:57 PMThis talk is part of a multimedia course series developed by Arghyam for the India Water Portal. The talk is in Hindi, with some subtitles in English.
Augmenting groundwater: The basics on how to construct a recharge well
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 05:10 PM