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Harvesting water harnessing life: A case study of Kotla village in Mewat, Rajasthan
Posted on 14 May, 2009 01:31 PMHARVESTING WATER HARNESSING LIFE
A Case Study of Kotla Village in Mewat
MEWAT: STATISTICS AT A GLANCE
| People | Meo Tribals |
| Geographical Location | Foothills of Aravalis |
| Average rainfall | 336mm-500mm |
| Occupation of villagers | |
| a) Agriculture & Animal Husbandry b) Others | 58% 42% |
| Cultivated area | 80% |
| Irrigated area | 44% |
| Source of water for irrigation | Ground water- 95% |
| Water Quality | Mostly brackish |
| Ground water depletion rate | Over 25cms a year |
The living wisdom: using local well driller knowledge to construct digital groundwater data bases
Posted on 14 May, 2009 12:39 PMIn the absence of groundwater instrumentation networks in India, the knowledge of local well drillers about the location, quality, etc of groundwater aquifers is invaluable.
Groundwater management:traditional knowledge and formal science
Posted on 14 May, 2009 12:35 PMAuthor Sunderajan Krishnan argues that the apparent duality between formal science and one based on traditional wisdom and observations is an illusion and decision making on groundwater management has a lot to gain from traditional knowledge sources.
The Andhra Pradesh farmer managed groundwater system project
Posted on 14 May, 2009 12:23 PMThe Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater System (APFAMGS) project is an enabling intervention for managing groundwater depletion through voluntary self regulation. The project has demonstrated its impact in 7 districts of Andhra Pradesh spread over 650 villages, on a significant scale. Read more
Urban water crisis in Delhi - Stakeholders responses and potential scenarios of evolution
Posted on 12 May, 2009 04:39 PMThis paper on urban water crisis in Delhi looks at stakeholders responses and potential scenarios of evolution. An inadequate piped water supply from the public utility, characterized by intermittence and unreliability, and supplemented by private uncontrolled groundwater abstraction, is a common feature of most Indian cities as well as other developing cities in the w
Groundwater situation in urban India: overview, opportunities and challenges – a paper by CAREWATER
Posted on 12 May, 2009 03:51 PMThe paper by Carewater INREM Foundation on the groundwater situation in urban India provides an overview besides dealing with the opportunities and challenges. Groundwater plays a fundamental role in shaping the economic and social health of many urban centres of India.
Short movies on urban water management, watershed development, groundwater, water body restoration and agriculture in India
Posted on 12 May, 2009 01:37 PMShort films about the management of urban water in India click here
Short movies on "watershed development" click here
Case study of rainwater harvesting of Thane city, Maharashtra- a presentation
Posted on 11 May, 2009 02:16 PMThis presentation deals with a case study of rainwater harvesting of Thane city of Maharashtra. It begins with a discussion of the Environmental Status Report of the Thane Municipal Corporation for the year 1999-2000 which states that all the groundwater is non potable. The authors identify the research and development needs as follows –
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:
Waternama - a collection of traditional practices of water conservation and harvesting in Karnataka
Posted on 08 May, 2009 05:16 PMWaternama is a collection of traditional practices for water conservation and management in Karnataka. The book is produced by Communication for Development and Learning and edited by Sandhya Iyengar.
View/download the full book (29.2 MB)