Growing water scarcity is forcing the search of simple, economical & self-reliant
solutions. Individual campuses can harvest the free and pure rainwater falling in the premises. Thus augmenting their water supply in the self-reliant way. Ground water extraction in excess of natural recharge is depleting
the water table and it is incumbent upon people to aid natural storage and recharge processes. Rainwater harvesting is one of the solutions. Rainwater harvesting is the sincere attempt to assist natural in replenishing
the ground water table with rainwater during the monsoon. The run of water carries heavy load or sediments and unwanted impurity. Hence the collected water should be diverted into the filtration system before recharge/storage,
it serves a dual purpose.
The key point is to gather rain-fall run-off for domestic use. Hard surface like */ roof tops, RCC pavements etc make up for the catchment which generates increased run-off and the same should be channelized to the storage tanks or into the ground water table through required filtration system for further use.
Overflow from rainwater harvesting tank systems can be used to refill aquifers in a process called groundwater recharge, though this is a related process, it must not be confused with Rainwater harvesting. Rainwater may also be used for groundwater recharge, where the runoff on the ground is collected and allowed to be absorbed, adding to the groundwater.
Growing water scarcity is forcing the search of simple, economical & self-reliant solutions. Individual campuses can harvest the free and pure rainwater falling in the premises. Thus augmenting their water supply in the self-reliant way. Ground water extraction in excess of natural recharge is depleting the water table and it is incumbent upon people to aid natural storage and recharge processes. Rainwater harvesting is one of the solutions. Rainwater harvesting is the sincere attempt to assist natural in replenishing the ground water table with rainwater during the monsoon. The run of water carries heavy load or sediments and unwanted impurity. Hence the collected water should be diverted into the filtration system before recharge/storage, it serves a dual purpose.
The key point is to gather rain-fall run-off for domestic use. Hard surface like roof tops, RCC pavements etc make up for the catchment which generates increased run-off and the same should be channelized to the storage tanks or into the ground water table through required filtration system for further use.
Overflow from rainwater harvesting tank systems can be used to refill aquifers in a process called groundwater recharge, though this is a related process, it must not be confused with Rainwater harvesting. Rainwater may also be used for groundwater recharge, where the runoff on the ground is collected and allowed to be absorbed, adding to the groundwater.