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CSE’s work as COE on Sustainable Water Management
Ministry of Urban Development has chosen CSE as the Centre of Excellence in the area of urban development on Sustainable Water Management. The Centre is conducting a series of training programmes on decentralized waste water treatment and rainwater harvesting.
The first training programme for the municipal engineers took place between 3rd and 7th of November 2009.
Sanjay lake -- dying silently
Nine years have passed since Vinod Kumar Jain had filed a public interest litigation to save the water bodies of Delhi. The case is still in the court but meanwhile some lakes in Delhi, have actually turned into cesspools. One such lake is the Sanjay lake of east Delhi.
Lake under scanner
Construction of a new housing project adjacent to the Khurpa tal by the Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) has caused afresh hue and cry among the villagers in the surrounding area when Dr. Ajay S. Rawat, Professor of History in Kumaon University filed a PIL against the illegal boring of groundwater in the area this January.
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Traditional Water Harvesting Systems
TRADITIONAL
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.
RWH Technologies
Traditional
- Zing
- Kul
- Naula
- Kuhl
- Khatri
- Apatani
- Zabo
- Cheo-oziihi
- Bamboo-drip irrigation
- Dongs
- Dungs
- Ahar-pyne
- Bengal's Inundation channels
- Dighis
- Baolis
- Kunds
- Kuis
- Baoris
- Jhalaras
- Nadi
- Tobas
- Tankas
- Khadins
- Vav
- Virdas
- Talab
- Saza kuva
- Johads
- Bandh
- Pat
- Rapat
- Chandela Tank
- Bundela Tank
- Katas
- Cheruvu
- Kohli tanks
- Bhandaras
- Phad
- Kere
- The Ramtek Model
- Surangam
- Korambu
- Eri
- Ooranis
- Jackells
Contemporary:
- Artificial Glaciers
- Nadis
- Polymer Kundis
- Chaukas
- Jaldhar Model
- Tudum Monga
- Netorking of Farm Ponds
- Horizontal Roughening Filter
A look at India's water harvesting practices
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.
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Urban
Urban water harvesting in India is still in its youth. There are a number of people who worked, against all odds, to make this concept popular. They, the Harvesters, can be found in most urban centres in India
Experience is the best teacher…
There are no limits to technological innovations in rainwater harvesting. Innovators are those who have learned from their experiences and contributed to the betterment of rainwater harvesting technology in India.
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