How to use rainwater harvesting to combat

water scarcity in India

This concept of rainwater harvesting, which can go a long way to

help towards storing of one of the elements precious to the
environment, namely water. You will get information on how to
install a rainwater harvesting system, its costs in India and its
benefits.

Overview
As we all know, global warming and depletion of ground water levels has led
to an acute shortage of water in India (& other parts of the world). This has
created problems for both humans and the environment. Even in major town
and cities, the burgeoning population is creating a serious pressure on the
existing water resources. Everybody simply depends on the monsoon for
filling up the natural reservoirs which supply the water to the town and
cities. In order to reduce this dependency and utilize the existing water
resources sensibly, it is imperative to start looking for solutions to dealing
with water scarcity in our country. One of these solutions is to install and
maintain a rainwater harvesting system, known as RWH in short.

Rainwater harvesting features

How is rainwater harvesting done?
Rainwater harvesting is a very simple method of storing rainwater which
falls on the roofs of structures. Instead of letting this rainwater flow away
into drains, it is collected and stored in a collection tank. The tank is
connected to a pipeline (or taps are attached) which then recycles the water
for non-potable use.

Look at the model It shows the water from the roof flowing through a pipe
into a large under ground tank. The water in this under ground tank can
then be re-used .

In fact, why not look beyond roofs? Think of the sloping driveways which
lead up to the entrance of posh homes and hotels. The rainwater falling on
such & other sloping areas can also be captured instead of accumulating at
the bottom of the slope and flowing away into a drainage system.