Rainwater Harvessting

 RAIN WATER HARVESTING AND ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE TO GROUND WATER
 WHAT IS RAIN WATER HARVESTING :
 The principle of collecting and using precipitation from a catchments surface.
 An old technology is gaining popularity in a new way. Rain water harvesting is enjoying a renaissance of sorts in the world, but it traces its history to biblical times. Extensive rain water harvesting apparatus existed 4000 years ago in the Palestine and Greece. In ancient Rome, residences were built with individual cisterns and paved courtyards to capture rain water to augment water from city's aqueducts. As early as the third millennium BC, farming communities in Baluchistan and Kutch impounded rain water and used it for irrigation dams.
 ARTIFICAL RECHARGE TO GROUND WATER :
 Artificial recharge to ground water is a process by which the ground water reservoir is augmented at a rate exceeding that obtaining under natural conditions or replenishment. Any man-made scheme or facility that adds water to an aquifer may be considered to be an artificial recharge system.
 WHY RAIN WATER HARVESTING :
 Rain water harvesting is essential because :-
 Surface water is inadequate to meet our demand and we have to depend on ground water.
 Due to rapid urbanization, infiltration of rain water into the sub-soil has decreased drastically and recharging of ground water has diminished.
 As you read this guide, seriously consider conserving water by harvesting and managing this natural resource by artificially recharging the system. The examples covering several dozen installations successfully operating in India constructed and maintained by CGWB, provide an excellent snapshot of current systems.
 RAIN WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUES :
 There are two main techniques of rain water harvestings.
 Storage of rainwater on surface for future use.
 Recharge to ground water.
 HARVESTING RAINWATER HARNESSING LIFE :
 A NOBLE GOAL - A COMMON RESPONSIBILITY
 Ground water exploitation is