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PORTANCE OF WATER SUPPLY
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Everyone is well aware of the importance of water and life is just not possible without water.
required for drinking, cooking, bathing, washing, gardening and for vegetation and for all forms of
every city, village, and in every house everyone desires to have sufficient and uninterrupted supply of
To ensure this the concerned authorities try their best but this always falls short of the actual or d
level of demand, and is a matter of great concern to all of us. The reasons behind this are many, such as
rainfall, economical limitations, unplanned growth, different topographies and the ever in
population, urbanization etc. For all these reasons it becomes the duty and responsibility of every
avoid wastage of water and make a very careful use as well as conserve the water. This attitude can p
be of a great help in water supply.
Rivers, Springs, Lakes, Dams etc. are many sources of water but the main source of supply of water
these sources is the "Rain Water". Our country mostly depends on the Rain fall during the South
monsoon and the annual average rainfall varies from place to place ranging from 200 to 8000 mm. But
then few rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Tapti, Narmada, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri etc.
perennial flow and almost every other river flows during Rainy Season only and become almost dry
hot season when the actual water demand increases many fold. Beside this the floods and change of eo
rivers add to the problem during such emergencies. The average annual rainfall is about 370 millionH
metre but actual useable or available quantity of water from various fresh water sources is mere 98 .
Hectare metre. Out of this 72 million Hectare metre water is available from surface water sources and
million hectare metre from underground sources.