Rooftop rainwater harvesting - Kanpur

1.Catchment area calculation [Runoff coefficient May be differ for various

Type of catchment :- Roof
No. of catchment:- 1
Dimension of catchment\ roof:- 10×10 mtr
Area of catchment (roof) [C] :- Length × breadth
surfaces]
4. Water that can be harvested=
Roof area×Total Rainfall ×Runoff coefficient
100×900×0.9 =81,000 ltr per year
5. Water harvest per Storms
100×0.06×0.9= 5.4 m³ (5400 ltr per Storm)
Where: 60mm is rainfall intensity of a storm

Activity Quantity (ltrs)

Calculation Roof area = 10m×10m = 100m²

2. Rainfall Bathing 20

There are 4 kind of information on rainfall Washing/cleaning 45

that we need to check
● Annual average rainfall of Kanpur:- Flushing 37
900mm
● Pattern of rainfall over different Gardening/others 28
months
● The peak rainfall intensity:- Total 130 litres
Kanpur receives the most rainfall
(Except drinking, cooking etc..)
during the second week of September.
The city has a monsoon season that Total water demand as per total daily water
lasts from June to September, with July consumption for the whole year = 4 x 130 x 365
and August being the months of = 1,89,800 litres
maximum rainfall. Rainwater available for total no. of days -
● The number of rainy days is 43 in 81000/(4x130) = 156 days.
kanpur 81,000-1,89,800 = 1,08,800 Itrs. of water needs to
be sourced from other water sources.
6.Storage tank size.
Following criteria are used to decide size of
storage tank -
● Volume of rainwater that can be
harvested
● Water demand of residents
3. Runoff coefficient
Standard runoff coefficient. = 0.9 ● Space available at site
● Layout of building
Volume of water that runoff surface/ volume of However, common sizes may range (about)
rainfall that falls on surfaces around 125000 ltr (more or less according to
More water runs off smooth and impervious situation)
surfaces such as roofs or paved areas than soil
and unpaved areas.
Different catchment materials absorb water to
differing extents. Higher Run-off coefficient
Higher Water collection
Tank dimension 5×5×5 Mtr for 125000 ltr

Submitted by:- Submitted to :-

PRIYA ( CL -0467/23). Dr. SARVESH KUMAR
PRACHI YADAV (CL-0455/23). Dr. SUMIT RAJ SINGH
SAHIL VERMA (CA-12625/23).

College of Agriculture
C S. Azad University of agriculture & technology,kanpur