Rain Water Harvesting (200 words)
Rainwater
harvesting means collecting the rain water into the natural reservoirs
or man-made tanks. It is the technique to collect and store rainwater
for various purposes in the future. The most common and easy method of
rain water harvesting is the rooftop harvesting. Using this technique we
can collect lots of clean rain water in the rainy season. It can be
stored for long time for the household purposes like gardening,
livestock, and irrigation, etc. Following are benefits of rain water
harvesting:
- It helps in reducing water supply loads and
electricity bills of municipality, improve free water supply, crop
production in rural areas, and thus lead to food security.
- Rain water harvesting system helps in reducing the insecurity of households or individuals in the rural areas.
- It provides easy and low cost water supply in the lack of water areas thus helps in food security and income generation.
Tamil
Nadu is one of the states of India and now has been first Indian state
where rainwater harvesting has been mandatory. Tamil Nadu state
government has declared on 30
th of May 2014 to establish
around 50,000 rainwater harvesting structures at various places in the
Chennai. Till now, approximately 4,000 of the temples in the Tamilnadu
have rain water tanks serving at various rituals in temples and help in
recharging the groundwater.
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