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Rain Water Harvesting- Give It a Thought
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x psyle
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Posted : Oct 25, 2010 13:26:28
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Urban water scenario
Even though the rate of urbanisation in India is among the lowest in the world, the nation has more than 250 million city-dwellers. Experts predict that this number will rise even further, and by 2020, about 50 per cent of India's population will be living in cities. This is going to put further pressure on the already strained centralised water supply systems of urban areas.
The urban water supply and sanitation sector in the country is suffering from inadequate levels of service, an increasing demand-supply gap, poor sanitary conditions and deteriorating financial and technical performance.
According to Central Public Health Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) estimates, as on 31 March 2000, 88 per cent of urban population has access to a potable water supply. But this supply is highly erratic and unreliable. Transmission and distribution networks are old and poorly maintained, and generally of a poor quality. Consequently physical losses are typically high, ranging from 25 to over 50 per cent. Low pressures and intermittent supplies allow back siphoning, which results in contamination of water in the distribution network. Water is typically available for only 2-8 hours a day in most Indian cities. The situation is even worse in summer when water is available only for a few minutes, sometimes not at all.
Delhi: The nation's capital is perpetually in the grip of a water crisis, more so during the dry season, when the situation gets particularly worse. As the demand-supply gap widens, more groundwater is being exploited. Of the water supplied by the municipality, approximately 11 per cent comes from groundwater reserves and remaining from the Yamuna river. It is, however, difficult to establish the total quantity of groundwater extracted because a large number of tubewells (owned by individuals, industries and bottled water companies) remain unregistered.
For further enquires and doubts please visit the following link:
http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/index_files/FAQ.htm
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Cosmic Tandav
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Posted : Oct 25, 2010 13:40
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x psyle
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Posted : Oct 25, 2010 13:47
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^^ true...but my whole focus was to attract the attention of trance community in india who i feel should/could endeavour to play an important role towards the implementation of this concept. We as a community owe this Mother nature as it an extension of everything(i think) we stand for:-)
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Xolvexs
IsraTrance Senior Member
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Posted : Oct 26, 2010 21:22
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if nature is mother
sun is the father
together they enjoy natural disaters
children worry too much
Chaos and universe plenty to go around
mother earth and father sun
are going bang bang
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you cannot save nature
nature can only save you
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x psyle
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Posted : Oct 27, 2010 08:45
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well..every one is entitled to their opinion i gues..
what you reap is what you sow..if awareness & practise of a nature friendly solution can help in better sustainance of life on earth..i think its worth a shot(without taking anything away from the fact that nature can save us)
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