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Facts
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In macro terms, India receives
and average annual precipitation of about 4,000 BCM
(Billion Cubic Meters) including snowfall. Of this, the
seasonal rainfall ( June to September) is of the order of
3,000 BCM. out of this, the average annual flow available in
rivers is around 1953 BCM. Most of the rainfall- 76% of it as
per the India Metrological Department - in India occurs as a
result of the southwest monsoon between June & September,
except in the state of Tamil Nadu which falls under the
influence of the northeast monsoon during October &
November. More than 50% of precipitation takes place in About
15 days and less than 100 hours altogether in a year.
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| TIPS for
CONSERVATION |
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How
to Conserve Water in toilets!
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Install
a 1.6 gallon toilet
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Buy
a water-efficient washing machine
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Repair
leaks
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Reduce
water use in the yard and garden
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Wash
full loads
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Shorten
shower time
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Reduce
faucet water use
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Don’t
waste water outdoors
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| Best Practices |
STYLES
OF ROOFWATER HARVESTING
Rainwater harvesting is
used in many different ways. In some parts of the world
it is used merely to capture enough water during a storm
to save a trip or two to the main water source. Link
Cauvery Water Supply Project:
Multi-Agency Approach to Finance in Bangalore India Link
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| Case Studies |
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monsoon will get an unprecedented welcome this year. Will India
treasure it? It took the
worst drought in recent memory and the cataclysmic inability of the
media to relegate the suffering of millions to the margins of TV
news channels for this change in consciousness. Link |
| Articles |
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Life in the Akole Taluka tribal area
of central India had long been marked by hardship and deprivation,
exacerbated by a lack of water. Poverty, disease, and low
agricultural productivity were common in the area, where hope was as
scarce as rain in February. In the dry season from February to May,
women and children spent most of each day collecting water for
domestic use, venturing farther from their villages as available
water dwindled. Link
Layered clouds in the Indian monsoon
region Link |
| Product Window |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR
WATER CONSERVATION PLANS, FOR INDIVIDUAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Link
Cost-Effective Water Saving Devices
and Practices
Link
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Cartoon (
Down to Earth, July 2003) 
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| Book Review |
The
Rainwater Technology Handbook:
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Rain harvesting in
Building, December 2002, Klaus Koenig, Wilobrain, Germany
2001, pp 143 |
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| Benchmarking |
| Presentation
on Holistic Benchmarking in the Irrigation
& Drainage sector in India, World Bank, Link
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| Scenario In
India |
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- It's not just India's farmers and
sweating city-dwellers who are looking to the heavens for signs
of the annual monsoon. The monsoon provides essential irrigation
for the wheat, rice and oilseeds crops which sustain most of the
nation. But it also does much more -- it is the bedrock of the
economy itself.
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| Project |
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Thematic Network
on Sustainable Policies for Promoting Water Conservation
Technologies and Practices is sponsored by the European
Commission Visit the website
www.sustainwater.com |
| NEWS Update |
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How
a cloud is formed??
Precipitation
is one key to the water cycle.
Rain comes from clouds, but where do clouds come from?
Through the process
of evaporation and transpiration, water moves into the atmosphere.
Water vapors then join with dust particles to create clouds.
Eventually, water returns to Earth as precipitation in the form of
rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
All clouds contain
water vapors. You rarely ever see clouds in the desert because there
is very little water to evaporate and form clouds. Coastal regions
can receive a lot of rain because they pull up moisture from
surrounding waters.
Cloud size are
influenced by many complex factors, some of which we still do not
understand very well. These include: heat, seasons, mountain ranges,
bodies of water, volcanic eruptions, and even global warming. |
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