Title: Implementation of Rainwater harvesting system in HMA

Objective:
1: Ground Water Recharge collecting Rainwater. 2: Save the water usage by reusing the Rainwater. 3: Express the social responsibility towards Global Warming.

Engineering Principle:
1: Diverting the surface water to the ground water recharge system a) Recharge trenches A recharge trench is a continuous trench excavated in the ground and refilled with porous media like pebbles, boulders or broken bricks. A recharge trench can be 0.5 m to 1 m wide and 1 m to 1.5 m deep. The length of the recharge trench is decided as per the amount of runoff expected. Runoff from both paved and unpaved catchments can be tapped. The excavated

portion is not filled with filter materials. In order to facilitate speedy recharge, boreholes are drilled at regular intervals in this trench.

GROUND WATER RECHARGE TRENCH

2: Filtering the Rainwater collected from rooftop for reuse a) Collecting the Rainwater from rooftop using pipelines b) Filtering the collected water The filter is used to remove suspended pollutants from rainwater collected over roof. A filter unit is a chamber filled with filtering media such as fiber, coarse sand and gravel layers to remove debris and dirt from water before it enters the storage tank or recharge structure. Charcoal can be added for additional filtration. Sand filters

Sand filters have commonly available sand as filter media. Sand filters are easy and inexpensive to construct. These filters can be employed for treatment of water to effectively remove turbidity (suspended particles like silt and clay), color and microorganisms. In a simple sand filter that can be constructed domestically, the top layer comprises coarse sand followed by a 5-10 mm layer of gravel followed by another 5-25 cm layer of gravel and boulders.

Design scope:
Raining Season in Bangalore is spreaded March to December and six months average Rain fall is more than 100 mm. In order to conserve water and ensure ground water recharge, the Karnataka government on 3rd February 2009 decided to amend section 72 A of the Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board 1964 to make compulsorily that buildings constructed in Bangalore from now on, will have to adopt rain water harvesting facility.

1: Design of the ground water recharge system will be calculated based on the average Rain fall and surface area of the campus

2: Design of the Filter will be based on the expected collection of the Rainwater from rooftop for reuse 3: Required Materials are available in the local market. Material requirement: 1: Water Pipelines (Plumbing Items eg. T joint) 2: Construction Materials (Cement, sand, bricks) 3: Cast Iron Grills 4: Water Storage Tanks 5: Filter Construction Material (Gravel, Sand)

Feasibility:
1: The geography of HMA campus is very much suitable to apply this Rainwater harvesting System. 2: As the campus having Slope (gradient) towards backside, ground water recharge trench can be easily constructed at the downside. 3: Required space for construction of the trenches is openly available. 4: Required Materials for the construction are available in the local market.

Financial Implications: As the planned structure is permanent system which can be used for long period with minimum maintenance.
Cost Approximation: 1: Water Pipelines (Plumbing Items eg. T joint) 2: Construction Materials (Cement, sand, bricks) 3: Cast Iron Grills 7500 Rs 3000 Rs 2000 Rs

4: Water Storage Tanks 5: Filter Construction Material (Gravel, Sand) 6: Miscellaneous Total Expenditure

5000 Rs 1000 Rs 3000 Rs 21500 Rs