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Western Ghats : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

WESTERN GHATS Surangam Kasaragod district in the northern Malabar region of Kerala is an area whose people cannot depend directly on surface water. The terrain is such that there is high disc...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/west_ghat_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:57:20 UTC

Water Harvesting Systems : Traditional Systems

Top view of a Kui Paar system: Paar is a common water harvesting practice in the western Rajasthan region. It is a common place where the rainwater flows from the agar (catchment) and in the proce...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/Traditional1.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:57:14 UTC

Rural Jal Yodhas

Anil Agarwal Anil Kumar Agarwal, the founder of the Centre for Science and Environment, spearheaded the Jal Swaraj campaign. His thoughts, ideas and opinions remain the driving force behind the m...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/People/RuralJY.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:55:30 UTC

Catch Water Newsletter October-November 2002

A NEW BEGINNING Urban wetlands meet CSE initiates a core committee IN FOCUS Null and void? A success story? The flouride menace CAMPAIGN Lake in news From the courtroom To save this tal Operation Baikal INITIATIVE Stories from D...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/catchwater/oct_nov2002/initiative1... Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 02:20:50 UTC

Catch Water Newsletter October-November 2002

A NEW BEGINNING Urban wetlands meet CSE initiates a core committee IN FOCUS Null and void? A success story? The flouride menace CAMPAIGN Lake in news From the courtroom To save this tal Operation Baikal INITIATIVE Stories from D...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/catchwater/oct_nov2002/initiative2... Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 02:20:50 UTC

Catch Water Newsletter October-November 2002

A NEW BEGINNING Urban wetlands meet CSE initiates a core committee IN FOCUS Null and void? A success story? The flouride menace CAMPAIGN Lake in news From the courtroom To save this tal Operation Baikal INITIATIVE Stories from D...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/catchwater/oct_nov2002/jal_biradari... Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 02:20:50 UTC

Eastern Highlands Rural Jal Yodhas

EASTERN HIGHLANDS Komal Lochan Jani A concerned villager, he mobilised his village Kursala in Kalahandi, Orissa, to overcome its persistant water shortage. The result is evident. The ...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/People/RuralJY_ehigh.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:55:36 UTC

Catch Water Newsletter October-November 2002

A NEW BEGINNING Urban wetlands meet CSE initiates a core committee IN FOCUS Null and void? A success story? The flouride menace CAMPAIGN Lake in news From the courtroom To save this tal Operation Baikal INITIATIVE Stories from D...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/catchwater/oct_nov2002/in_focus.htm Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 02:20:50 UTC

Rainwater Harvesting Potential of Delhi

Practices and Practitioners Delhi The national capital territory, (NCT), of Delhi receives 611 mm of rainfall on an average annually and the number of rainy days are as low as 20-30. (A rainy day is spe...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Urban/Practices-and-practitioners.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:58:06 UTC

Water Harvesting Systems : Traditional Systems

Dighis Emperor Shahjahan (1627-58 AD) first shifted the city from the Aravalli hills towards the plains of the Yamuna. But he made sufficient arrangements to meet the water needs of the new palace, the a...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/igp_dighi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:56:40 UTC